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TIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorces

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PYrBV TIL: It's believed that Johnny Appleseed's apples were not edible. and the reason that he was welcomed in every cabin in Ohio and Indiana is that he brought with him the gift of apple cider alcohol.
4E96 TIL there are over 86 million pet cats in America
OGL01 TIL that when the Washington monument was built the capstone was made out aluminum because it was considered a precious metal at the time.
QOA6 TIL in 1846 during the Mexican-american war, a group formed called “St. Patrick’s Battalion” that consisted of Irish Catholics. They faced discrimination in the US, so they switched to fight for Mexico.
LNK0 TIL -“Genericide” Is the term for calling similar products by the same brand name, such as all tissue paper “kleenex”,or calling a photocopiers a “Xerox”. Most popular: all pain killers “aspirin”.