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TIL that there is NO waiting period for reporting a missing person. The waiting period is a myth that originated from shows and movies.

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9YMRm TIL German Chocolate Cake is named for a man, not the country. Samuel German developed a formulation of dark baking chocolate that came to be used in the cake recipe.
QJWVk TIL that ski resorts were openly hostile to snowboarding in the early years of the sport, leading many places to ban snowboarding entirely.
9wL9Q TIL Since the late 1950s, aerospace engineers have used the term "unobtainium" when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects, except that it does not exist.
7rmyL TIL that much of continental Europe today (as well as the UK until 1974) use the long scale for naming powers of ten. E.g. in France 10^9 is a milliard while 10^12 is a billion.
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