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TIL that during the Cold War, Soviet military cartographers carried out one of the greatest mapping ventures of all time by producing thousands of detailed maps of terrain and local landmarks of almost the entire world

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p8lyb TIL Carlsberg Laboratory, owned by the Danish brewer, was where the pH scale was invented, and where the first stable commercial beer yeast was isolated (Saccharomyces pastorianus/Saccharomyces carlsbergensis), along with many other scientific innovations
Ypwdd TIL The Sultana steamboat sank in the Mississippi River, killing upwards of 1400 people (almost as many as the Titanic). Today the wreckage lies 37 feet below a soybean field in Marion, Arkansas.
ADJ4n TIL Bizarrely, the US has a Prohibition Party whose mascot is the dromedary and whose chairman is named Phil Collins
epwbn TIL the longest natural arch in the world was virtually unknown outside of China until it was discovered in 2009 using Google Earth. Named the Fairy Bridge, the span is ~400’ (122m) long and accessed by a 3-hour rafting trip down the Buliu River.
7rWYb TIL that the 2003 Cat In The Hat movie was so bad that Dr Seuss’s widow specifically said that she wouldn’t allow any more live action adaptations of his work.