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TIL Alaska uses military artillery guns for avalanche control

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kJ6vd TIL Halloween came from an Irish pagan festival -- and people used to carve faces in turnips, not pumpkins
69va7 TIL I learned that bananas are considered berries while strawberries are not
OoW9g TIL in 1936 Jesse Owens a Black American Olympian 4 time gold medalist in track and field who competed in Nazi Germany did not receive any congratulations from then President FDR. Only decades later in 1976 was he finally recognized for his achievements representing America.
5Vy6p TIL that Humpback whales have recovered to 93% of their pre-whaling population of 27,000 after being reduced to only about 450 in the mid-1950s.
kLAg TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed in 1784 to end slavery in all the territories, but his bill lost in Congress by one vote.