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TIL Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is larger than the planet Mercury or dwarf planet Pluto.

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5YvwB TIL During The Great Depression, crop prices dropped so much some farm families burnt corn instead of coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper. Sometimes the countryside smelled like popcorn from all the corn burning in the kitchen stoves.
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