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TIL that Sleeping Bear Dunes is notorious for people getting stuck at the bottom, costing up to $3000 in rescue fees

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M7e9b TIL the Kimuraya bakery is responsible for the invention of the red bean paste bun called "anpan" and it is considered to be the oldest Western style bakery in Japan. It was opened by Yasube Kimura who used to be a samurai and his son.
OokeR TIL about Benjamin Bolger, a perpetual student who continuously takes college programs. Currently he has 14 degrees, including schools such as Yale, Harvard, and Stanford.
eBVJ TIL a substance called Dioxygen Difluoride (O2F2) is so volatile that it makes almost any organic substance ignite and explode at any temperature hotter than -300°F (-185°C). It can literally set ice on fire
jBdQ TIL that the Germans have a word “Kabelsalat” to describe messy cables. It literally translates as “Cable Salad”.
6El1m TIL: 1$ flight that goes nowhere. It is setup by a retired aircraft engineer from India so that the poor people in India get to experience it in their life time.