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TIL That the Pan American logo was widely known as "The Blue Meatball".

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7r9NM TIL children who sucked their thumbs or bit their nails were 33 percent less likely to react to common allergens. By age 32, it is even higher at 39 percent. The reason: Scientists say these kids built immunity to various bacteria at a young age.
R5m66 TIL Timbuctoo was a Black settlement in New York in the 1840s, founded after abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of Adirondack land to free Black men to help them qualify to vote. Much of that land is now part of the John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
j6roX TIL that there is an ALS-Parkinson's-dementia overlap syndrome seen almost exclusively in Guam called lytico-bodig disease. It was first reported in 1904 and by the 1950s had become the leading cause of death on the island before largely disappearing. The cause remains unknown.
Dp7j TIL the Stephen Colbert is actually a devote Christian who teaches Sunday school at his church when his schedule permits.
6EmRm TIL in 1975 Otrag, a West-German company, developed cheap transport rockets. The USSR became nervous, and American corporations concerned about low-cost competitors. American media came to use crude Soviet propaganda to sabotage them, making Otrag evicted from their Congolese base (more in comments)