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TIL about Sammy U, the little fella hidden in the Uhaul murals.

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eNeD TIL In Finland, nearly every newborn is sent home with a free, government-issued cardboard box. It contains clothes, blankets, and other newborn necessities, and the Baby Box itself - which is lined with a mattress - can be used as the child’s first bed.
W4Md TIL The Domestic Housecat is believed to be primarily Responsible for the Extinction of at least 33 species of Birds, as well as declining populations of far more
4jvX TIL that words that are similar to (either in sound or meaning) but are not quite profanities (ie. frickin’) are called “minced oaths.”
jVnQ TIL that when the New York Sun was relaunched in 2002, its first edition carried the solution to the last crossword puzzle that the earlier Sun published before it folded in 1950.
AN0pn TIL Printing $2 bills is twice as cost effective for the US Mint as printing $1 notes since they both cost 6.2 cents to manufacture