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TIL there are 29% (or 12.8 percentage points) more male home gardeners (56.4%) in the US than there are female home gardeners (43.6%)

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grMVX TIL The Mojave Desert Mailbox is considered the most isolated and least accessible mailbox in America. It sits halfway along the 150 mile, 4-wheel drive only, Old Mojave Rd, which can take 3 days to drive the entire length.
d888K TIL That in the 1700’s, tomatoes were thought to be poisonous because people died after eating them. The real issue was people using pewter plates and the acidity of tomatoes leached lead out of them causing lead poisoning
o5N7 TIL: Russia made us a 9/11 monument that few know about
AD1Yw TIL of involuntary parks, areas rendered unsuitable for human habitance (by acts of mankind) that have since returned to its original, wild state as a result, like the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for example.
R7rw8 TIL The Most Popular Song Played At British Funerals is Monty Python's “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life”