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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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j6dej TIL that from 1998 to 2003, McLaren, the car brand, had an audio division called TAG McLaren
yVvWX TIL that Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around for over 100 years
GY6aJ TIL the FDA allows 11 rodent hairs per 25g paprika, 60 parasitic cysts per 100 fish, 2500 aphids per 10g of hops, and 1 maggot per 250ml orange juice
b9nQp TIL "In God We Trust" first appeared on US money in 1864 as a political ploy by the North to tell the South that God was on their side during the Civil War.
WMMo TIL that at 11 a.m. each November 11th at the Canadian War Museum, the sun shines through the window of the Museum’s Memorial Hall and illuminates the only artifact in that space: the headstone of Canada’s Unknown Soldier.