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TIL that there are dozens of houses in Detroit for sale at $1 a piece.

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l7Pd1 TIL that there are two shipwrecks that touch each other in Apra Harbor in Guam. The interesting part of this is that one wreck - German SMS Cormoran - was sunk in WW1, and the other - Japanese Tokai Maru - was sunk in WW2.
wYME TIL German Chocolate Cake is named for its creator, Sam German, and in fact has nothing to do with Germany.
WnaL TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats
1nVX TIL termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
v1vaL TIL new knitting patterns were banned in both world wars as a counter-measure to knitted coded messages