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TIL that President Thomas Jefferson helped popularized Vanilla ice cream in America

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d8LE9 TIL that there are rainforests in temperate parts of the world ie. UK, Canada and Norway
neQGP TIL Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, enlisted in the Spanish navy in 1570. In 1575, he was captured by Ottoman pirates and taken to Algiers. He was held for 5 years in captivity then eventually ransomed and returned to Madrid.
L9RV TIL a disgruntled former 7-Eleven owner opened a new convenience store across the street from his old location. He named it 6-Twelve.
DQ11V TIL about a town in Western Australia call Wittenoom that was so contaminated with asbestos that 80% of the population died and the whole town was declared a contaminated site. Only one resident still lives there
OGbwe TIL the average human body has 30 trillion human cells... .. and 38 trillion bacteria cells as well.