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TIL That the English language recipe for Guacamole was presented by...a pirate

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78Jyr TIL that Jupiter has 95 moons (and counting). More are expected to be found as technology improves.
X0Zvr TIL about the Coudersport Ice Mine in Pennsylvania. Huge ice formations up to 3' thick and 25' long appear in the cave during the spring and summer. The formations disappear in the winter.
VBrnk TIL that throughout the history of life on Earth, over 99.9% of species have gone extinct before they had survived 15 million years.
Me1OV TIL of the Gag Law, passed in Puerto Rico on 1948. The act made it a crime to own a Puerto Rican flag, to sing a patriotic tune, to speak or write of independence, or to meet with anyone in favor of Puertorican independence. Signed into law on by Jesús T. Piñero, the United States-appointed governor
OGA4g TIL the first scanned UPC was a pack of Juicy Fruit gum on June 26th, 1974.