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TIL Dial soap at one point owned both Premier Cruises and Greyhound bus lines

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grBAL TIL that researchers long thought US President William Harrison died from an illness he caught giving a lengthy inaugural speech in the rain. But recent research suggests he caught typhoid fever due to the White House’s water supply being downstream of public sewage.
MekAK TIL a 32ft 18th century Long Boat was found underneath the World Trade Center during new construction in July 2010
RJe1 TIL that the flaw that destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 almost occurred on another mission a year earlier. One of the astronauts on the 1985 flight was told that “you came within three-tenths of one second of dying.”
dDp08 TIL that Nice biscuits are actually pronounced "niece" biscuits, with the name likely based on the southern French city of Nice. Nice!
o7RY TIL that from 1979 to 1993, NYC had upwards of 3000 non-working fire hydrants on sidewalks for the sole purpose of increasing parking violation revenue.