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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.

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nW9gB TIL about the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. US President Benjamin Harrison made the declaration that on 22 April 1889 at 12pm the Unassigned Land in Indian Territory would be open for settlement. At the time of the opening, which was indicated by gunshot, 50.000 people were lined up at the start
N7JY8 TIL the author Beverly Cleary is still alive.. and she's 104
5YRQR TIL the Battle of Derna in 1805 (the first military engagement of the United States in a different country, and mentioned in the official US Marine's song) was actually fought by 400-500 Arab-Greek Mercenaries and just 8 Marines. The mercenaries were never fully paid after the war.
Y7v1v TIL the first Coca-Cola cans were made of steel. In 1965, Coca-Cola tested sodas in flat-top aluminum cans, which had superior thermal properties, keeping contents cooler longer and addressing consumer complaints about warming soda in steel cans.
kQGg TIL German has a word for an improvement that makes things worse: verschlimmbesserung