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TIL that the location of origin of each American can be broadly identified by the way they pronounce just four words - “bomb”, “balm”, “cot” and “caught”.

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VBJmZ TIL That around 1000 years ago, the Inuit Native Americans encountered Norse (Viking) settlements in Greenland. It’s believed that the Natives were responsible for the vanquishing of the Vikings from their colony.
R7jnl TIL there is a statue of Richard O'Brien as Riff-Raff from The Rocky Horror Show alongside a plaque with instructions on how to dance The Time Warp. There's a camera so you can watch people doing it.
PYkXZ TIL during the Vietnam War, the U.S. spent roughly $3 million each year on weather modification campaigns designed to draw out the monsoon season and even one campaign involved an attempt to flood the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the main route that enemy fighters were using to deliver their supplies.
kORYe TIL in 1963 Robert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper, presented it to Ford Motor Co. and was hired. Ford fired him and took his technology. He sued Ford for patent infringement and after 12 yrs. of litigation, at times without a lawyer, the court awarded Kearns 10.3 M dollars.
4XvwX TIL that when the Supreme Court of India opened six of the seven secret vaults of Padmanabhaswamy Temple, they discovered $22 billion in treasure including, golden idols, golden elephants and idols wearing 18 foot diamond necklaces, as well as countless bags of gold coins from around the world.