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TIL that the city of Americana in Brazil was founded by former Confederates who fled the US after the Civil War

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6EvB8 TIL Potato chip bags are not full of air, but of nitrogen gas. This is done to prevent the chips from oxidizing, which is part of what makes them go stale.
VBAkG TIL the earliest known worked wooden implement is a spear approximately 400,000 years old found in Clacton-on-Sea, England
jN8pj TIL wilhelm screen has been used in many Disney movies as an in-joke including toy story
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