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TIL there are fewer than 33,000 Venus flytraps living in the wild, and they’re all in North Carolina.

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v1XPR TIL after the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 the debris field stretched from Texas through Louisiana, and the search team was so thorough they found nearly 84,000 pieces of the shuttle, as well as a number of murder victims and a few meth labs.
0dPDv TIL The US has “The Intracoastal Waterway” which is a 3,000-mile network of navigable rivers, bays, and canals along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. It provides a protected route for maritime traffic, avoiding the hazards of open ocean travel.
R7Am6 TIL that due to their high fat and low water content, pistachios can self-heat and spontaneously combust if stored inproperly
xlO7 TIL America’s Most Wanted has captured more criminals than it has aired episodes; at 1149 episodes, and 1173 captures.
l781A TIL the reason why Wine Coolers dropped in popularity in the USA after the 80s was because in 1991, the US excise tax on wine was raised from $0.17 per gallon to a $1.07, making it uneconomical for Wine Cooler makers to produce at a palatable price for buyers.