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TIL the inventor of band aids made them because his wife cut and burned herself when see cooked

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ogw7 TIL the reason why champagne can legally be produced in California is due to the fact that the US Senate never ratified The Treaty of Versailles
arn9 TIL If Alaska had the population density of Manhattan there would be 41 billion people there.
nerdG TIL that the pressurized bodies of early airships were called “envelopes,” a term that persisted in aviation to later describe the ideal flight performance of an airplane. When early NASA test pilots reached higher altitude, they called it “pushing the envelope” which is where we get the phrase.
KYKKG TIL The White House has a Chief Calligrapher. Job includes writing invitations to dinners, greetings, and proclamations. The position earns $104,200 a year.
MeZo8 TIL that the Colombian town of López de Micay is the wettest place in the world, with an average of 315 rainy days a year (the least rainy month is February, with 23 rainy days), and an average of 16000 mm of rainfall annually