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oBK57 TIL that a crevice refers to a crack in rock while a crevasse is a crack in a glacier.
E1OYV TIL during WWII US Navy seamen would drain the fuel from torpedos (180-proof grain alcohol) then filter it though bread to make a cocktail called torpedo juice.
Dx0p TIL that, Adjusting for Inflation, the average gas prices in the US are lower than they were in 1918.
epRoD TIL the longest poem in the world is the Hindu Mahābhārata. It's more than 5 times the length of the Bible, the Iliad, and the Odyssey combined! It has 220000 verses and about 1.8 million words.
b914p TIL Fondue was popularized in Switzerland by the Swiss Cheese Union as a ploy to increase cheese consumption. They created and promoted recipes for the ""spiritual defence of Switzerland".