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TIL There are no more WWI veterans left

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R55m1 TIL about Poverty Point, a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the Poverty Point culture located in present-day northeastern Louisiana between 1700 and 1100 BCE.
nWJdG TIL that KFC commissioned this painting for a man who figured out that the KFC twitter account only follows 11 accounts… all of which are a combination of Herbs and Spices
rR9A4 TIL almost all airplane seats are blue because physcologists discovered that the color helps to calm anxiety and relieve fear, which makes the plane ride more comfortable for many people.
oBK4o TIL Obsidian can be made into surgical scalpels by flint knapping, creating an edge only one molecule wide and the edge is so smooth and sharp it can cut between cells.
E1Y5x TIL that Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes instead of actual merchandise in its early days. Home Depot persuaded the vendors to give them empty boxes after the vendors were afraid that Home Depot could not pay them for all the merchandise.