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TIL Sturgis tourism dept measures the number of Bike Week visitors not by counting bikes or people, but by weighing the TRASH after the event

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6E8kY TIL that there is no corn involved in making corned beef, the 'corns' are the name for coarse grains of salt used in the curing process.
VBAXB TIL About John Spano who, in 1996, briefly controlled the NHL's New York Islanders. Described by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman as "...the type of person we want as an owner" Spano was revealed to be a conman who was unable to pay for the team.
wLPn1 TIL of the Ben Franklin Effect: asking someone who dislikes you for a favor can make them like you
GbjE TIL that it wasn’t until 380,000 years after the Big Bang that the universe became transparent enough to let light shine through it.
x6kO1 TIL that there's a breed of a domestic chicken tall up to 1.2 metres