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TIL: National Park size of Yosemite is under water bc of a dam. John Muir said it was the most beautiful place on earth.

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a8Ma9 TIL that the term G.I. has multiple origins and reinterpretations, from standing for Galvanized Iron to General Issue.m. Additionally, G.I. Joe was originally the title of a newspaper strip that spawned a host of other media.
wR57 TIL of the Fremdschämen, the German word for the horror you feel when noticing someone is oblivious to how embarrassing they are.
Abk7 TIL that 62.1% of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated and middle class; three quarters had health insurance. Unaffordable medical bills and income shortfalls due to illness were common causes.
8anwK TIL there is more pizza in an 18-inch pizza than there is in 2 12-inch pizzas
7xVL TIL that it costs NASA more than $40,000 to ship the equivalent of a 2-liter bottle of water to the International Space Station which is why the systems onboard the ISS recycle 75% of water needed from the astronauts urine and sweat etc.