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6jrX TIL German Chocolate Cake was made by a Englishman Named German.
WE69 TIL Theoretically a gravity train through the center of the earth, would take just 42minutes to travel to any other location on earth
grDB7 TIL that slave hymnals had coded messages meant to help slaves escape to freedom. Songs like Follow the Drinking Gourd and Steal Away to Jesus were full of signal phrases that meant things like ‘Follow this star north’ or ‘An Underground Railroad agent is here to help, escape happening tonight.’
wLwgE TIL that in WWII, Allied statisticians working from the serial numbers of captured or destroyed German tanks’ components were more accurate than conventional espionage at estimating German tank production capacity.
ADEpB TIL About the Juicero, a $799 juice press, made with $1000 in parts. The company received $120M in venture capital. It only "pressed" $7 DRM-controlled pre-juiced juice bags (not fresh fruit). The packs were easily opened and emptied by hand.