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TIL salt mines are used for storage because of their lots of space, low humidity (45%), and low risk of fires. E.g. in Kansas.

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WkbGN TIL that, despite the superior balistic performances of rifled muskets, the Americn Civil War losses by infantry fire were not much different from those suffered during the Napoleonic battles. Artillery, though, was much more lethal.
nWWVW Today I learned the Bonneville Salt Flats is up to 5 feet thick in some parts and is 90% common table salt, so theoretically if you need some salt…
VB7gD TIL Fresca and Squirt are grapefruit-flavored. I've never tried them but I always assumed they were lemon-lime flavored like Sprite/Sierra Mist/7-Up. As an avowed dipsomaniac, this revelation is a complete game-changer.
neyrW TIL in the early 1920s a prostitute died at a drunken orgy hosted by President Warren Harding.
JYRkj TIL: During 1944, license plates were manufactured from pressed soybean fiberboard due to a shortage of steel caused by the war. Goats, cows, and mice reportedly enjoyed the taste of these plates, with some vehicle owners losing their plates to a snack for the animals.