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TIL Oprah Winfrey owns a private road across Maui which cuts out hours of driving time. No one else is allowed to use the road.

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YNwW TIL the 18th century religious group called the Shakers have only 2 remaining members. Unrelated fact, a core belief is that all members practice life long celibacy.
OoDZ1 TIL that a man named Oto Benga killed himself in 1916 after his family was murdered and he became an exhibit in the monkey house at Bronx Zoo. He was a popular "attraction" and was advertised as being the missing link in evolution.
nDdr TIL of a grain called Amaranth. It was the primary diet of the Aztects until outlawed by the Spanish. It is gluten free, can be roasted like popcorn, high in protein, has edible leaves and roots, and is used as a dye.
9wZgX TIL that at the center of our local cluster is an unknown gravitational anomaly called the Great Attractor, millions of times more massive than our galaxy, that is inconveniently obscured by the galactic plane of the Milky Way.
loboG TIL that Snoop Dogg’s joint rolling experience made him masterful at rolling sushi.