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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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R5vkQ TIL that in 1963, a cow named Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane and be milked mid-flight. Her milk was parachuted down to spectators at the International Air Exposition in St. Louis.
77XO TIL Ecuador uses the USD as their official currency, and prefer using the Sacagawea dollar.
BBED TIL in 1961 a little girl wrote to President Kennedy concerned about the safety of Santa Claus amid Soviet nuclear testing at the North Pole. Kennedy wrote back that he had spoken to Santa and that he was fine.
KO114 TIL of Arthur Brown, one of Utah’s first two senators elected by their legislature in 1896 after gaining statehood who, after leaving office, was charged with adultery multiple times and shot and killed by his mistress who was acquitted for reasons of temporary insanity.
WBDY TIL that David Hasselhoff starred in his own A&E reality TV show about his efforts to resuscitate his career. The series was canceled after the first night.