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TIL that New Hampshire has a coastline

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eGdJ TIL that the term “Boycott” comes from Captain Charles Boycott, an Irish land agent who evicted farmers from their land during poor harvests. His entire town shunned him, leaving him without and goods, mail, etc. He was forced to leave the country later that year.
XEAZR TIL Researchers created an algorithm that can reconstruct an audio by analyzing minute vibrations of objects depicted in video. In one set of experiments, they were able to recover intelligible speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag photographed from 15 feet away through soundproof glass
LkKKd TIL in 1999, Kraft met with America's other biggest food companies to discuss the growing public health concerns over packaged and processed foods. They decided to not down-regulate the usage of salt, sugar and fat, as it would make the food taste not as good and their shareholders would lose money.
LkbBv TIL suntanning your butthole does not have any health benefits
MenpW TIL besides the Illiad and the Oddyssey there were at least six more ancient Greek poems related to the Trojan War, collectivelly known as the "Epic Cycle", but only some fragments of them have survived to the present.