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TIL that New Hampshire has a coastline

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x6vP7 TIL that Each day in France, over 3 million jambon-beurre (ham and butter) sandwiches are sold, more than almost any other kind of sandwich, except for fast-food hamburgers
QNDvM TIL about the 1936 Literary Digest Presidential Poll which was so wrong it destroyed the magazine's credibility. It projected Republican Alf Landon to defeat Incumbent Franklin Roosevelt easily. Roosevelt ended up winning 48 states and the popular vote by 24 percentage points
pYDkZ TIL that the space shuttle's STS-13 mission was renamed due to a new numbering system for launches. The crew made a mission badge featuring a black cat and the number 13 anyway, and it eventually landed successfully on Friday the 13th.
epNvg TIL Warner Bros turned down signing Papa Roach after listening to an unreleased demo. The demo included the tracks "Infest," "Last Resort," "Broken Home," "Dead Cell," and "She Loves Me Not".
YpNNd TIL: When the 80's He-Man film started going over budget, Cannon's solution was to cut the budget of other films in works in order to finish it. The film most affected was Superman its 35 million budget cut in half. Both films would bomb at the box office and Cannon would fold 7 years later.