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TIL The Sun makes a sound but we can't hear it

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D1V7D TIL that the New Mexico territory was often considered for statehood in the 19th century but was never approved. One attempt in 1905 included merging with Arizona under the name 'Montezuma'. The following year the same merger was suggested under the name 'Arizona'. Arizona rejected the option.
rG0d TIL the term ‘Sniper’ originally referred to hunters skilled enough to shoot a Snipe, a species of bird.
wL5X8 TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn't recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, "I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
a09o TIL General Motors deliberately destroyed streetcars as a strategy to push the United States into automobile dependency.
R9w9 TIL A man named Charles Holden picked up a hitchhiker, got into a fight with him and ditched him ½ mile away from his house. Later this hitchhiker walked up to a house and killed an elderly woman. This woman was Charles’ mother. The hitchhiker didn’t know they were related.