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TIL that Six Flags New Orleans was permanently closed after damage from hurricane Katrina. Despite several proposals to redevelop it, it’s still sitting there in a state of decay.

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64ZW TIL that visitors to reddit.com are more likely to be female than the average internet user.
WR14 TIL Ants conduct war in ways similar to humans - they even use more advanced strategies like reconnaissance and sending expendable ants to the front line as to preserve the stronger ones.
rEMx TIL that Doritos were invented at Disneyland in 1964 as a way to use old tortillas
KOX9B TIL that it is theoretically possible to mine new Bitcoins by hand with pencil and paper. Technology is a little bit faster, though - about a quintillion times.
oBPa7 TIL a study shows that the average male gets bored on shopping trip after just 26 minutes while average woman tires after around two hours