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TIL Nikon camera brand belongs to Mitsubishi

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ADGW7 TIL The Cape Cod Canal opened in 1914. The 7 mile long waterway cuts across Cape Cod saving ships as much as 135 miles. The canal was dug to to allow seawater through, there are no locks.
PYjne TIL that in the Cadiz expedition, Edward Cecil's men sought wine vats after disembarking, having had no food or drink for hours, and got so hopelssly drunk the expedition had to turn back.
kJB7g TIL, that Sierra Blanca Peak in New Mexico is the southernmost mountain in the lower 48 to reach above 11,000 ft. Being just 19ft shy of being the southernmost point above 12000ft
loJ1r TIL that England used to have a tax based on your number of windows. This mostly led to the building of homes with fewer windows (giving rise to the phrase "daylight robbery"), but conversely also led to some of the rich building homes with an intentionally large amount of windows in order to flex.
W55L TIL that during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, President George Washington became the only sitting president to ever lead troops in the field