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TIL Oneida Silverware company started as a free love commune in upstate New York

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4XnMN TIL Captain Robert Knox (1641 – 1720) of British East India Company was imprisoned for 20 years in the south asian island of Ceylon. Upon his escape he bought back a "strange intoxicating herb" unheard of in Europe. The herb is known today as Cannabis Indica.
OGk7L TIL Douglas Adams came up with the idea for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field holding a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Europe.
0d1pR TIL In 1994, Granger Washington approved the construction of a large cement dinosaur to attract tourists. The city adds a new dinosaur every year.
Bvjy TIL homicide rates & battle deaths are way down since prehistoric times – and we now live in “The most peaceful time in our species’ existence”
loEMK TIL We rely on bees for roughly 1/3rd of all crop pollination