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TIL Americans were more likely to help strangers than any other nationality according to the World Giving Index

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5YQnP TIL That the Allies secretly built two entire portable harbors in the UK and towed them across the English Channel right after D-Day to attach to the just-captured beachheads. One was damaged in a storm. The other landed over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies.
D1lNJ TIL that the only word in English that ends in -mt is "dreamt", and its extensions like daydreamt and redreamt.
pYBNO TIL Alaska's coastline is so large (6,640 miles) it borders 3 different seas. The Beaufort Sea, The Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea.
wXb8 TIL That the average person in Palm Springs CA uses 736 Gallons of water a day…. The US average is about 100
R7y4 TIL Winnie-the-Pooh is not actually Pooh’s real name. His real name is Edward Bear.