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TIL there’s a positive correlation between the obesity rate of a population and the number of Walmarts servicing that population

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J1nxl TIL tree rings can reveal the dates of historical hurricanes
jNZxn TIL that Ulysses S. Grant provided the defeated and starving Confederate Army with food rations after their surrender in April, 1865. Because of this, for the rest of his life, Robert E. Lee "would not tolerate an unkind word about Grant in his presence."
J84v TIL the only US President to have a PhD is Woodrow Wilson
5YEVp TIL about Benjamin Bolger, a man with dyslexia who possesses 14 degrees. He's one of the most credentialed perpetual students in human history.
mrbx TIL That Multimillionaire Forrest Fenn has hidden a treasure worth in between 1 million and 3 million in the Rocky Mountains. To find it, you must solve his riddle. So far, no one has found it.