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TIL a 6,000-foot-long hose was discovered under the streets of Yonkers, NY, believed to transport beer during Prohibition.

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VMPwm TIL Horses originated in North-America, but went extinct around the same time the ancestors of the Native Americans arrived (ca. 10 000 years ago).
1aRwD TIL The orange carrot was first cultivated in the Netherlands in the 16th century. Prior to this, all carrots known to the world were white, yellow and purple varieties.
78Dmp TIL that the Candiru (cetopsis) in the Amazon bites and rotates to get inside of his victim and eats you from the inside out in a frenzy by the dozens! Unlike the more famous and smaller bloodsucking Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa) that is supposed to swim in to your private parts!
rNwd TIL the Earth had a period called “Little Ice Age”, that froze the New York Harbor, allowing people to walk from Manhattan to Staten Island.
Zp0pB Today I learned Saint Patrick of Ireland is also considered a saint within the Orthodox Church because he lived before the Great Schsim of 1054 between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.