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TIL Zeus, god of lightning and the sky and ruler over all the gods, actually feared Nyx, goddess of the night,

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8a418 TIL about the remains of 158 unknown Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Williamsburg VA next to The Governor’s Palace. I visited there last week and this really left an impression on me.
OpOR TIL when PepsiCo entered India, the Indian government stipulated part of its local profits be used to purchased tomatoes. This requirement worked for PepsiCo, which also owned Pizza Hut at the time.
OoDX4 TIL that removing lead from gasoline is thought to be one of the big factors that lead to the drop in the violent crime rate in America in the 1990s
Z8Em4 TIL Sea Otters are the reason kelp forests exist off the coast of California
yVKRX TIL An American Flag survived the Challenger explosion and was the flag raised at the 2002 Winter Olympics