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TIL the man who invented the chiffon cake was named Baker

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E8E0 TIL that it actually does rain more over the weekend because heat and pollution from midweek work traffic prevents moisture from forming, but on weekends when there is no traffic it rains.
VMPJG TIL in the early 2000s, the UK and Spain almost came to an agreement to share sovereignty over Gibraltar. It was put to a vote, and 99% of the population of Gibraltar rejected Spain having sovereignty over the rock. Therefore, the place remains a British Overseas Territory.
0dgyL TIL once commonly known as “the redwood of the east,” American Chestnut trees are almost entirely extinct in the wild as of the 1940s with the exception of small, scattered populations
OGEG6 TIL that peak employment at Boeing was during the Vietnam War in 1968 where the aviation manufacturer employed 148,672 people, or roughly two-hundredths of a percent of the U.S. workforce.
b9474 TIL I learned of Rodney Alcala, a serial killer who appeared on the TV show "The Dating Game", after he had already killed numerous people. He was said to have an IQ of 160, and interrogated himself on the witness stand during his trial, in Smeagol/Gollum fashion, switching voices and demeanor.