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TIL The Author of the "Footprints in the sand" poem is disputed

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Lj79 TIL millennials now outnumber baby boomers.
GApxE TIL that in ancient Rome, there was a vending machine that dispensed holy water. Pilgrims would insert a coin and receive a measured amount of sacred water. It was one of the earliest recorded examples of a coin-operated machine!
OoYwX TIL road damage mostly results from trucks and buses. The damage a vehicle causes is proportional to the axle load raised to the fourth power, so doubling the weight an axle carries actually causes 16 times as much damage.
W71eo TIL the DEA updated/clarified some rules & regs for controls including C2 transfers
0d1LA TIL of Mi'kmaw Hieroglyphs, a Native North American writing system, whose native name (Gomgwejui'gasit) translate as 'Suckerfish script'