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TIL that Ocean Spray, the cranberry company, is a cooperative owned by the farmers

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W9ro TIL that 12 states allow child support payments via credit card, yielding yet another pathway to rack up frequent flyer miles
mxyrY TIL Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina, widely touted as the next great gymnastics star until 1979. Her coach rushed her recovery from an injury and pressured her to perform a dangerous move (the Thomas salto), which caused her to break her neck, leaving her a lifelong quadriplegic. She died at 46 in 2006
woJdW TIL that The Diomede Islands are only 2.4 miles apart but are in different calendar days due to the International Date Line, 21 hours apart. The Big Diomede (part of Russia), is almost a full day ahead of the eastern island, Little Diomede (part of the USA).
a87o TIL - After Mao grabbed power in China there were so many suicides in Shanghai that people were afraid to walk near skyscrapers for fear that suicides might land on them.
p89pZ TIL Augustus Caesar is estimated at having a net worth of $4.6 trillion because he “personally owned all of Egypt”