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TIL: We have a detailed plan for colonizing space, and we are a little behind schedule.

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W7X9B TIL: The Pig War of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain that started when an American settler killed a pig. The conflict grew to involve warships and hundred of troops on both sides.
X0DRQ TIL that Helga Estby made a bet for $10000 that she could walk across the United States to save their farm. After she and her daughter did so, she received no money and found that two of her children had died in the meantime.
nWG6b TIL that Soweto is an abbreviation for South Western Township.
d8jpQ TIL that the Catholic Church closed a Louisiana parish in 1955 after its members refused to let a black priest be assigned to it.
5yXp TIL the FDA relies on studies performed by the companies seeking approval of chemicals they manufacture or want to use. No other developed country has a system where companies decide the safety of chemicals put into food. Many food additives allowed in the U.S. are banned in other countries