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TIL The oldest known map of New York City, the Manatus Map, is lost; however, two 17th century copies of the map exist with slight differences.

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MejPB TIL Clarence Birdseye, inventor of frozen foods, had previously worked as a hunter for the US government. Seeking to find a cure for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Birdseye was assigned to collect small animals and search them for the ticks which transmitted the disease. He found nearly 4,500 ticks.
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awBMb TIL that one of the richest Venezuelans alive is Hugo Chavez’s daughter, worth an estimated $4B USD
4kVGR TIL that, unlike wolves, dogs in the wild are not "pack animals." Free-ranging dogs form "loose, transitory associations" instead of packs, drawn together by a scarce resource such as food, and then go their separate ways.
69NQJ TIL: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2021 used about 400,000 cubic feet of helium.