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TIL - During the California gold rush of 1849, eggs were $3 each, not adjusted for inflation.

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jAPp TIL that the United States gave asylum to Nazi war criminals for decades and then tried to cover it up until they were sued under the Freedom of Information Act.
e0WOn TIL the UNESCO estimates that about half of e world's spoken languages will disappear by the end of the century. Out of all languages in the world, 2,000 have fewer than 1,000 native speakers.
RxEa TIL A sardine is not a species of fish, but a name that can apply to many small varieties of pickled fish, including herring and pilchard.
4X6x5 New evidence suggests that the chemical trails ants leave to communicate where to go might not be produced by ants after all - but the microbiome in their abdomens.
Aya7 TIL Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “La Lecture” depicts Picasso’s mistress asleep with a book upon her lap. The painting led to the breakup of Picasso’s marriage after his wife saw it at an exhibition and realized that the facial features (though highly stylized) were not her own.