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TIL that the first artificial ice rink stank and was made from pig fat.

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M7jda TIL one of the least populated counties in the U.S. is Hooker County, Nebraska. It’s named in honor of Union General Joseph Hooker. The county has just 711 people spread across 721 square miles—that’s almost exactly one person per square mile.
xVGy1 TIL that a chip shop was ordered to remove its banner that hails it as the birthplace of the deep fried Mars bar for “the good of the wider community”
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M7O9A TIL that the United States observes National Vietnam War Veterans Day on March 29 because on that date in 1973, the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam.