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TIL Adding sage to your campfire is a natural way to keep bugs away.

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awegL TIL In 1940 40 Wall street was worth less than its elevators had cost. The structure as a whole was worth $1.25 million, less than the 43 elevators in the building.40 Wall Street had opened following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and so suffered from lack of tenants.
lxbA TIL More of world’s poor & malnourished live in India than in all sub-Saharan Africa
DQXjv TIL British money bears a copyright symbol because the artist JSG Boggs made a good living drawing, painting, and selling currency from around the world
R5M1l TIL that can-openers are supposed to lay on the top of the can and cut through the side lip of the top, leaving a smooth edge with no risk of cutting your finger or jamming the opener.
GQp1 TIL swearing will increase pain tolerance, improving your ability to withstand pain.