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TIL The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal was built to better connect Chicago to the Mississippi River, and was the world’s largest canal at the time. It provided engineers with the necessary experience to help construct the most pivotal infrastructure project in US history - the Panama Canal.

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GYbwJ TIL that a Dakota fire pit is a tactical fire used by the United States military as the flame produces a low light signature, reduced smoke, and is easier to ignite under strong wind conditions.
J1WQQ TIL the 12 most densely populated towns in the USA are all in NY (5 of them) or NJ (7 of them)
J1gEV TIL that bots 🤖 drive ~40% of all internet traffic.
Kr7w TIL - When introducing Golf to India, the British were angered by monkeys running onto the course & playing with their balls. When all attempts to stop the monkeys failed, they decided the game needed to adapt. To do so they introduced a new rule: “Play the ball where the monkey drops it.”
OG1R TIL the statistic that 90% of guns seized in Mexico originated in the US is a myth. Only 12% are actually traced back to the US.