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TIL It is estimated that trillions of oysters once surrounded New York City, filtering bacteria and acting as a natural buffer against storm surges.

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VBb8 TIL the Japanese currency is the ‘en’. It was Westerners who mistook it as yen.
DmMv TIL: After filming ELF, Will Ferrell gave James Caan the GODFATHER trilogy with a note saying “Great working with you. The first one is a little bit slow, but the second two are really good.”
GkjN TIL the US pays on average 15% more for sugar than the rest of the world do to the Farm Bill. This may also be the reason soft drinks switched over to High Fructose Corn Syrup.
gM4oD TIL that only 24.5 grams (0.86 ounce) of the element Francium occur at any time in the entire crust of Earth.
78kx7 TIL about the way Aussie's favorable "Lamb Shank" plate resembles one of the basic traditional Persian cuisine's dinner dish called Baghali Polo ba Mahiche. Cultural affinities enchant me!