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TIL that the official measurement of a pixel is 1/96 of an inch (0.26mm)

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K5GG [TIL] that after WW2, France sent 49 (one for each state) special boxcars filled with gifts to the US, thanking the nation and her people for their help in World War Two. The train was called the “Merci Train.”
VBkQZ TIL Mordecai Myers was the only member of his family of 15 to survive after their home was swept into the ocean during an 1822 hurricane. He buried each of them himself (including his parents)
OoLP4 TIL producer J Dilla chopped up an early 1960's song to make it say, "light up the spliffs" (0:51)
OGERX TIL In 1999 a heat wave almost forced two nuclear power stations next to Lake Erie to shut down because the temperature of the water in the lake almost reached the 85 degree limit.
rRO00 TIL strong odors, such as cologne and perfume, may cause a person's blood vessels to swell and dilate and, in turn, stimulate the nerve system in the brain associated with head pain causing headaches and migraines.