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TIL unclaimed property is the "fifth-largest revenue source" for the state of California

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R7lxj TIL that a chimp, named Ham, originally from Cameroon, was sent into space and recovered alive in a test to ensure that a human being could survive space flight and perform useful functions outside Earth's atmosphere. He died at 25 and is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in New Mexico.

OoaPR TIL the word Hello became popular after Thomas Edison suggested its use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell, his competitor, preferred Ahoy.

QJ5np TIL the reason Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant is non-unionized is that their workers have voted on union membership twice, but rejected it both times.

7ryVM TIL that mountain unicycling is an actual sport

N7P7J TIL that from 1959 to 1984 London, Ontario, Canada was the serial killer capital of the world