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TIL the smallest state forest in New York measures 348 square feet and contains the stump of only a single tree that was cut down in 2015.

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X05vj TIL that about a million traffic cones are stolen in the U.S. each year
kpx7 TIL that during WWII, Ford profited from its factory in Germany. It used ppl from concentration camps to produce military vehicles for the Nazis. In 1945, the US gov paid Ford $1m for damage to the factory caused by Allied bombings. When Holocaust survivors later sued, Ford got the case dismissed.
Va5Q TIL that the Imperial German Raider SMS Wolf made the longest voyage of a warship during World War I. When it returned to Germany it had on board 467 prisoners of war and tons of vital war plunder
9KeQ TIL Kosher salt is not called “Kosher” because the salt itself is specifically certified as kosher. Rather, Kosher salt got its name because this larger grained version of salt was used in the process of koshering meat, specifically to remove surface blood from meat.
kOQL4 TIL that in the 12-13 century King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe Dynasty commissioned the building of 11 massive rock-hewn Churches at Lalibela in the Western Ethiopian Highlands. They used basic tools like hammers and chisels to excavate the churches out of monolithic structures.