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TIL that US interstates are numbered in numerical order

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VMXKG TIL that George Washington had his own personal recipe for egg nog that he would serve to guests, which included one pint brandy, 1/2 pint rye whiskey, 1/2 pint Jamaica rum, and 1/4 pint sherry wine
yVLWM TIL that he 1883 eruption on Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known. It reverberated around the globe seven times before diminishing. It was heard 4,000 miles away, and people within 100 miles had permanent hearing loss.
QJ4PX TIL it is a common custom in Green Bay and other Wisconsin cities to put a baby's name on the Packers season ticket holder list as soon as the birth certificate is obtained.
vP4yL TIL that Bayer knowing sold HIV tainted blood products to 3rd world hemophiliacs because they decided the financial investment of the product was considered too high to destroy.
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