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TIL the Yakima Valley produces 77% of all hops grown in the United States.

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VRW4 TIL at some point in the last 80 years, the cost of a blowjob from a Chicago prostitute went from being more expensive to less expensive than vaginal sex, as the societal taboo against oral sex – which gave it scarcity value – declined. (The average price of each is currently $37.26 versus $80.05.)
5VM09 TIL that Isadore Stessel was the only US Navy Airship casualty of WWII. Stessel was part of the crew on K-74 when it attacked and rendered the U-134 unable to submerge. Stessel was then killed by a shark moments before rescue the following day.
Ypbr TIL that Hitler planned to build a railway for trains 6m wide, 7m high and 500m long, with top speeds of 200kph; the trains would be fitted with a restaurant, cinema, swimming pool, barbershop and sauna, and seat up to 4,000 passengers.
AJL7 TIL American men receive 60% longer Federal prison sentences than women for the same crime.
16A0D TIL: In the over 60 year history of human space flight, only 3 astronauts have actually died in space, it happened in 1971 when their Soyuz 11 capsule depressurized above the Karman line, which is considered as the boundary between the earth's atmosphere and outer space