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TIL Arizona tea gallon jugs are flood filled and squeezed so that it is full to the cap so when they purify it with heat even the cap is decontaminated

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8Y8Z TIL the September 11 terror attacks on the WTC released a dust cloud of toxic asbestos fibers across Manhattan. An estimated 410,000 people have been exposed. It is believed lung cancer and mesothelioma cases in the city will reach a peak in the year 2041 (four decades after 9/11)
DQLnp TIL Japan attacked Pearl Harbor due to U.S. oil embargoes, hoping to weaken the U.S. Navy and secure their own resources. Final goal was the US to seek peace.
wol7o TIL in1940, Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, created a time capsule intended to preserve items for 6,000 years.Called the "Crypt of Civilization," it contains recordings of everyday sounds, copies of the Bible, scientific instruments, and more. It's scheduled to be opened in the year 8113.
VMkW8 TIL that fans of the band "The Killers" are known as "The Victims"
N75M1 TIL that the term cakewalk comes from a 19th century dance, invented by slaves in the antebellum South. It was intended to satirize the ballroom promenades of white plantation owners. Couples promenaded through the ballroom, bowing deeply and frequently. The couple who performed the best won a cake