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TIL when the University of Nebraska plays football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third largest city.

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1aKL8 TIL about Lake Natron: a Tanzanian salt lake that can turn animals into stone
DQ8ap TIL that the English actor Adam Woodyatt has been playing the same role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (With a brief hiatus) for 40 years!
VBjlD TIL that FDR may have not had polio, but rather Guillain–Barré syndrome. Guillain–Barré was not widely understood as a distinct disease until after FDR’s death.
R5Kj6 TIL 35% of whole blood donors become iron-deficient (defined as ferritin levels of below 25 µg/L). Daily iron supplementation (37 mg of iron) for at least 8 weeks after is expected to replenish iron loss from one whole blood donation.
nW6Er TIL The 1896 Ford Quadricycle was Henry Ford's first attempt to build a gasoline-powered automobile and he tried to make it as simple as possible. He sold his Quadricycle for $200 in order to build his second car but bought the car back for $65 in 1904 after his company became successful