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TIL that the Hoover Dam contains enough concrete to build a two-lane road from San Francisco to New York.

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7pQx TIL: The premise for The Office (US TV series) documentary was how they handled the suicide of a co-worker mentioned in S2E8, which is also why Ryan the Temp was hired
ADQEB TIL Ryan Reynolds began his acting career in 1991, the same year of Deadpool's first appearance in Marvel Comics
M7LA7 TIL that surgeons who play video games for at least 3 hours a week make 37% fewer errors and are 27% more efficient in their procedures.
WkOJL TIL in 2002, Tropicana aired a half-hour orange juice infomercial called "Breakfast Americana" on Lifetime, A&E, TLC and Discovery Channel. When it also aired on local CBS affiliates, some major markets drew higher ratings than NBA basketball and 'Everybody Loves Raymond'.
jNbnX TIL that in 2003, there was a movement in America to rename the "French" part of French Fries, French Toast, etc, to "Freedom" (Freedom Fries, etc) after France refused to support the Iraqi war - Demonstrators even included government officials in Congress.