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TIL Almost every state in the US has had confirmed freshwater jellyfish sightings

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e0GxJ TIL that the town of Times Beach, Missouri had to be completed evacuated in 1985 and demolished in 1992, at the order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, due to its soil being contaminated by dioxin
wLN9P TIL that the color of a chicken's earlobe determines the color of the eggs it lays. If the ear lobe is brown (or red), the egg is brown, and if it is white, the egg is also white
vPaLB TIL that Tesla once allowed a Boombox feature to be active while a car was driving. This allows drivers to play sounds like farts and goat noises outside the vehicle. However, it was forced to be disabled as the sounds could drown out pedestrian warning noises required in every electric/hybrid car.
OGVkg TIL according to the (US) National Earthquake Information Center there are approximately 20,000 earthquakes around the globe each year, or 55 per day, with about 16 major earthquakes in any given year.
YeA TIL Henry David Thoreau once accidentally burned down 300 acres of Walden Woods, and was known around town as “wood burner.”