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TIL that the snus pack size is exactly the size of an ice hockey puck, because it was developed for ice hockey players, to fit in the puck pockets.

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X15X TIL that Amazon removed text-to-speech features for the vision impaired from later Kindle models, for fear that it would cut into profits from audiobooks
GYjQG TIL that Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Joe Walsh of The Eagles and Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis of Devo were all eyewitnesses to the Kent State Massacre.
yQYO8 TIL of Frank Hayes, a jockey who won after suffering a fatal heart attack halfway through the race. Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far only, jockey known to have won a race after death.
16rYr TIL that the current T6 generation Ford Ranger was actually developed by Ford Australia 🇦🇺
nPZY TIL if Jupiter’s magnetosphere weren’t invisible, it would appear larger than the full moon in our night sky.