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TIL Lucky Charms were created when a General Mills employee added Circus Peanuts to Cheerios

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mNLx TIL that a Japanese ship crashed on the Washington coast in 1833, its sailors were captured by Native Americans and enslaved before being freed by the intervention of the Hudson Bay Company
dDwd8 TIL About Hart Island. Located in Long Island Sound the island has seen many uses including as a POW camp, as an anti-aircraft missile battery site and a drug rehab facility. However it's primary fame is as NYC's Potter's Field with an estimated one million burials having taken place there.
PYjpg TIL Komodo dragon's mouths aren't dirty; they are actually venomous
9YBnm TIL anchovies completely dissolve when cooked, including the bones.
EgKJw TIL the @ sign is called "a snail" in Italian, "a puppy" in Armenian, "a little mouse" in Chinese, "a monkey" in Polish, "a duckling" in Greek, "a worm" in Hungarian, "a little dog" in Russian, "a cinnamon roll" in Swedish, "a strudel" in Hebrew and "rollmops" in Czech