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TIL that Wikipedia is about as accurate as Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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WNYN TIL that Astronaut Ice Cream flew on only one mission. It was too crumbly, not very popular with the Astronauts, and the technology to carry up real ice cream was in place by 1972.
V6Y0 TIL That the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in history. Worth 78 Million Dutch Guilders, adjusted to dollars it was worth $7.4 Trillion.
wLErY TIL Interstate 19 is the only major interstate in the U.S. to use kilometers instead of miles for distance. It connects Tucson, Arizona, US to Nogales, Sonora, MEX
R9dQ TIL half-used hotel soap is sterilized, melted down, and reformed and sent to poorer countries with scarce hygiene resources
gMMv7 TIL about a pizza delivery man that was kidnapped and forced to rob a bank while wearing an explosive collar. It blew it.