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TIL that small icebergs are called “bergy bits”

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b9OZ7 TIL that the "General Sherman" tree in the Giant Forest is approximately 2200 years old. It would have been a little sapling 200 years before Jesus walked the earth
mbwE TIL The US is holding $4 billion of Bernie Madoff’s ill-gotten gains. Thousands of victims are still waiting for repayment.
m1J5R TIL about the town of Los Algodones, Mexico. Situated on the border with the United States, over 350 dentists populate the small town in order to provide affordable dental care to American visitors, leading to the nickname "Molar City".
lmr1 TIL that in ‘53, Coca Cola attempted to boost vending machine profits by asking the US Treasury to mint a 7.5 cent coin; that failing, they then briefly implemented “official blanks” where 1 in every 9 vended bottles would be empty
KOB6R TIL of William Walker, an American lawyer who raised an army of 45 men and managed to conquered Baja California for a short time. He went on to try and conquer Nicaragua three times, once successfully. Later he tried to conquer some islands that were about to be returned to Honduras from Britain.