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TIL the Erie Canal, completed in 1825, was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, and was called "The Nation's First Superhighway."

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J1yGv TIL The classic Chinese takeout box was originally designed for holding oysters, and later honey. Early patents are from the late 1800s and association with Chinese food came with the rise of takeout in Post-WW2 United States.
xVyYg TIL Australia once had a floating hotel that now lies decrepit and forgotten, in North Korea.
PYwVJ TIL rust can kill you. Rusting metal consumes oxygen and can lead to death especially in confined spaces like holds of ships. In 2007, three people suffocated one after the other in the anchor locker of a vessel because rust had consume all the oxygen.
grmP4 Today I learned that a 50,000-Year-Old Needle was found in a Denisova Cave
jyQR TIL the small cylindrical bulge at the end of laptop charger is an electrical device that helps to isolate the laptop from electromagnetic noise.