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TIL Girl Scouts is now sponsored by weapons manufacturer Raytheon.

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ZPQR TIL that cranberry sauce cans are intentionally printed upside-down so that the can is stored with the side that you open facing downward, meaning that when you open the can the pressure will force the sauce out, creating that perfect “log” everyone has come to love
woLoE TIL Christopher Columbus never made it to (what would later become) the United States of America.
nekwW TIL that in New Zealand, a species of fungus gnats known as Arachnocampa luminos exists, that spins silk nests on cave ceilings, and when prey is entangled in a snare, the larva pulls it up by ingesting the snare, and starts feeding on the prey alive.
QNEpa TIL Christopher Walken’s SNL character, “The Continental” is a parody of a real program of the same name starring Italian actor Renzo Cesana, and aired on CBS in 1952
eNMn TIL the smallest US state, Rhode Island, has a larger population than the largest US state, Alaska