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TIL that Amazon was initially named ‘Cadabra’, this was only changed when a lawyer misheard the name as 'cadaver’.

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4wl6 TIL The Leader Of The Nazi’s SA Was Openly Gay
X0bNP TIL that the Driftless Area is a region in the midwest US that was never covered by ice during the last glacial period, despite being surrounded by glaciers multiple times. The region has unique geology and ecology, but is threatened by habitat destruction and soil erosion.
v1814 Today I learned that club moss spores are so hydrophobic, if you pour them onto water, then stick your hand in the glass, it'll come out dry. Also, that it's super flammable. I heard it on a podcast but had to see it myself, and found this:
E1kBx TIL in 2015 a man in Iowa stole a bag of dog poop out of a truck bed when he realized he couldn’t steal the truck. Said bag was valued at a whopping $1.
rRZYM TIL that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed and issued executive order 9066 on February 19, 1942 which allowed the forced relocation and incarceration of more than 112,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps