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TIL That the vast majority of meth labs in the U.S. are located in the Midwest, with Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee home to as many labs as the rest of the U.S. combined

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wLG68 TIL: The Darien Gap is a 106 km gap of nearly impassible marsh and jungle between Panama and Columbia that prevents the construction of a highway/road between North and South America and is the only missing piece in connecting the Pan-American Highway
0YG1 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon”
OovvL TIL that Immanuel Kant promoted "scientific" racism, giving a hierarchy of four races: white Europeans "always advance to perfection", yellow Asians "can never reach the level of abstract concepts", black Africans "can be educated but only as servants", and red Amerindians "cannot be educated"
VBpb8 TIL the first African-American automotive company was owned by Frederick Douglass Patterson, who was also the first Black football player at Ohio State University. Frederick was the son of a carriage maker and blacksmith. He transformed his fathers carriage making company into a automotive company.
rRMRo TIL that Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" is partially based on the fringe artist Legendary Stardust Cowboy; Bowie apparently LOVED his bizarre songs and even covered one of his songs.