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TIL that the most expensive hot dog at an MLB stadium is $7 at Nationals Park in Washington DC, while the cheapest hot dog is $1.50 at Oriole Park in Baltimore, less than an hour away.

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VNr4 TIL The fish, Salema Porgy can cause hallucinations when it’s eaten. It was consumed as a recreational drug at the time of the Roman Empire. These hallucinations, described as frightening, will take place a few minutes after eating the fish, the effect of which on the body lasts 36 hours.
yVJRv TIL that the largest rainforest in Southern Africa was unknown to the outside world until it was discovered via Google Earth satellite images in 2011. It sits on top of a “410-foot sheer rock protuberance”, making it virtually untouched by humans until recent research trips.
xVlYk TIL Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day of the same year.
jNnKv TIL that after returning from WWII over 1 million black americans were denied the benefits of the GI bill for free education and low rate home loans
DjpY TIL Russia has a smaller GDP than California, Texas or New York and is comparable in GDP to South Korea, Australia, Spain and Mexico.