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TIL Hitler descendants live on Long Island (NY)

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LpOQ TIL that derived from the Greek, the word ‘utopia’ literally means 'nowhere’.
dKbj TIL The Mars Corporation (M&Ms, Snickers) has revenues of $30 billion/yr, remains family-owned, and is the 3rd largest private company in the U.S.
yZ5J TIL that when Ceausescu made abortion and contraception illegal in Romania in 1967, he created a baby boom whose members eventually became those most likely responsible for his fall from power and execution in 1989.
R7k19 TIL A clock is being built inside a mountain in Texas that will keep time for 10,000 years with minimal to no human interaction. One of the reasons for building the clock is to get people to think long term.
jNO7R TIL In 2008, when the Penguins and Red Wings were in the Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh fish market Wholey’s IDed patrons to prevent Red Wings fans from getting an octopus to throw onto the ice