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TIL some weather balloon instrument packages contain prepaid mail bags, so if you find them you can post them back to the National Weather Service!

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woyOJ TIL about William Adams, an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He also became one of the first known Western samurai and a key advisor to the shōgun, and one of the first Englishmen to travel to Thailand and Vietnam.
YppBd TIL that for the first 2 years of their existence the Houston Astros were known as the Houston Colt 45s
wo6N6 TIL that 1 gram of activated charcoal has a surface area of 32,000 sqft. Regular charcoal is 22-54 sqft
PYwNE TIL No road or safe route exists between the jungles of North and South America in what is known as the Darién Gap
7OQr TIL that Shell oil initially sold antiques and later imported sea shells from the Far East.