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TIL: Since 1990- South Dakota has celebrated Native American Day instead of Columbus Day

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xVlmb TIL a Maine citizen once randomly decided to become a hermit and stayed as one for over 27 years. He committed up to a thousand minor burglaries and he became so prolific that people started leaving shopping lists for him to write down what he wanted.
M7P6a TIL: that bananas are actually berries
p8RMQ TIL that an astronauts space suit costs roughly $12,000,000 USD.
b6p6p TIL 'Foldering' is a clandestine way of electronically communicating. It involves communicating via messages saved to the "drafts" folder of an email or other messaging account that is accessible by multiple people. The messages are never actually sent, its a digital equivalent of a dead drop
Z5Yv TIL that in the United States, Asians earn the highest average salary by race. (repost-self)