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TIL: Almost 25% of the population of Montana is on Oxycontin.

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WkbdL TIL that the award presented for the most battle ready ship is called the "Marjorie Sterrett" award. It is named after a 13 yr old girl who sent her allowance of 10 cents to the New York Tribune to help build warships for WWI. She asked that the next ship built be named "America".
GY7Rg TIL of the Peshtigo fire. It burned over a million acres while claiming at least 1500 lives. It occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and has largely been forgotten.
m1vPE TIL that the father of the Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger, Stu, loved picking up young hitchhikers in the ‘60s & ‘70s as it gave him an opportunity to brag about his son. Robby’s dad was also the one who got Ray Manzarek his Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, which was an important part of the Doors’ sound.
yQp5X TIL "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was first published in Japan because U.S. printers could not afford the holes and irregular pages.
Nm7J TIL an 80 year old millionaire hid a treasure chest in New Mexico worth between $1 - $3 million, and it has yet to be found. The clues to the treasure are hidden in his memoir.