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TIL That the largest population of Welsh speakers outside of the United Kingdom is in the Chubut Province of Argentina, with 5,000 speakers

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rNdK4 TIL early credit cards were launched in "drops", wherein banks would mail unsolicited cards to tens of thousands of customers at once. The banks then leveraged that customer base to get local stores to accept the cards. Over 100 million cards were distributed before drops were made illegal in 1970.
MeEMW TIL That the Paraguayan Department of 'Presidente Hayes' was named after 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.
mx9go TIL that your own voice seems lower to you because its mostly transmitted through skull, and bone conduction transmits low frequency sound better
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Wrj9 TIL Ford once created a vehicle made out of plant materials. “Ford’s 1941 biological car — made of soybean, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie fibers in a soy-based phenolic resin — weighed 1,000 pounds less than a steel car”