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TIL Retired NYC subway cars are thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to help create artificial reefs.

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VMRgD TIL There is nothing written by pirates themselves, with the exception of educated people who 'went pirate' and probably didn't exhibit pirate speech patterns.
PRpn TIL That Arnold Schwarzenegger was the reason AMC made a civilian version of the Hummer and he bought the first one off the assembly line in 92’
x6JB0 TIL there is a American Football world championship, but the United States has only participated the last 3 times which they all won
40bJ TIL that two Undercover Agents repeatedly tried to buy marijuana at the Lagunitas Brewing company taproom, but were unable to make any busts as generous patron’s kept trying to give them the drugs for free.
X6NR TIL that pistachios were dyed red to cover imperfections on the shells due to the harvesting methods when grown in the Middle East. But now 98% of pistachios are grown in California, which why you don’t see red pistachios anymore.