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TIL sriracha sauce is named after a city in Thailand.

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8aaJV TIL Japan sells more adult diapers than baby diapers.
5YLm9 TIL Harriet Tubman joined the Union army as a nurse, but also acted as a scout and spy behind enemy lines during the war. Despite her efforts and general fame, she was only able to acquire a nurse’s pension after the war ended.
Y1dA TIL that a neutron star’s gravity is so immense, that the surface of the star is perfectly flat, and any ‘protrusions’ never exceed 5 mm. Also, neutron stars are usually around 13 km in diameter, yet a sugar cubed sized portion of the star would weigh more than Mt. Everest.
Jr58 TIL - Moray eels (along with many other species) have a second fully-functioning set of extendable jaws at the base of their throat. They alternate biting and pulling with these so that the meal is never released as they attempt to swallow live prey.
pY6eG TIL that after Hawaii became a part of the United States, members of the Kawānanakoa family became part of political parties that would become the Democratic and Republican parties of Hawaii like David