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TIL Lunchables were created over 30 years ago because bologna was losing popularity. Their goal was to “dream up something that was livelier than sliced, sandwich-ready meat sealed in plastic.”

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OQme TIL to be a London black cab driver, one is expected to know over 25,000 roads and 50,000 points of interest and pass a test called “The Knowledge”. To pass the exam, applicants usually need twelve appearances and 34 months of preparation.
VBgN8 TIL that the writer of “Jingle Bells” fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War even though he was from Massachusetts and his father was a chaplain in the Union army.
rRvad TIL of the “Desert of Maine,” a 40 acre tract of sand dunes caused by soil erosion from poor farming techniques. The area resembles a desert and has become a tourist attraction.
65BW TIL:The British Parliament still has a copy of the original American Declaration of Independence in its archives.
rRpVy TIL that a man was milled by a mute swan. After getting too close to a nest, the male swan knocked the man out of a kayak and actively blocked the man from swimming to shore.