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TIL Hugh Hefner owns the letter Y of the hollywood sign

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WkQPo TIL Six Flags is named for the six flags of sovereignty that have flown over Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America.
P1ERw TIL The average cost per barrel of oil in the 727 million barrel Strategic Reserve is $29.70
d8E4d TIL that the reason pineapple often stings your mouth is because it contains flesh-eating enzymes that digest your mouth.
VMVmB TIL about Alice Ball, an African American woman who, in 1915, at the age of 23 revolutionized the treatment for leprosy, by creating an soluble & injectable treatment from chaulmoogra oil.
JY4al TIL about the unsolved killing of Ken McElroy of Skidmore, Missouri. He was indicted 21 times and escaped conviction each time, except the last. He was later killed in broad daylight by at least two different firearms. Although this was witnessed by a few dozen people, no one has been convicted.