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TIL that the 9/11 landfill was named Fresh Kills

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8emR4 TIL in 2011 Harper Collins published new editions of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with new art. After mass controversy from fans, the original Stephen Gammell illustrations were used in subsequent printings.
xVeK0 TIL that there are 7000 languages, and your cognitive language can vastly affect your skills as a human. For instance, some African languages use the direction they are heading (NSEW) as “hello” and literally have no word for left or right. These people stay oriented exponentially better than others
GAV11 TIL: That Idaho has a seaport and it is considered the farthest inland port east of the West Coast.
GAPe4 TIL that there is such a thing as a “salute deduction” in gymnastics.
aQPJ TIL that in Spain employees get 14 monthly paychecks a year (a double pay in Christmas and summer)