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TIL a 3-bedroom house in Flint, Michigan can be bought for $420

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BgalK Today I learned that in the "Yankee Doodle" song, "macaroni" does not refer to pasta. It is an 18th-century description of men who dress effeminately.
p8rme TIL that there are dogs who are trained to sniff out electronic devices such as HDD, thumb drives and phones, used often in child porn cases.
R59r8 TIL in 1975, there were 2 crude oil tanker spills on January 31st. The Corinthos Spill in the Delaware River and the Epic Colocotronis Spill in Puerto Rico dumped a combined 28.5 million gallons of oil into surrounding waters.
8lGZ TIL that the ancient Romans possessed an herb that was so effective at birth control that they harvested it to extinction
XYLk TIL that the Opportunity rover on Mars was designed to only last 90 days. It has exceeded that by almost 12 years.