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TIL Corn was genetically engineered by farmers thousands of years ago

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gMBJy TIL in 2005 Manhattan was home to both the lowest-income ($9,320 household income) and the highest-income ($188,697 household income) census tract in the USA.
nWLmb TIL Basketball player Kevin McHale played for the Celtics on the '87 playoffs with a broken foot
v1WY7 TIL Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, endured many tragedies. Her mother died after giving birth to her, she was in constant debt, her 1st, 2nd, and 3rd children all died, while her husband drowned on his sailing boat. She herself passed away at 53.
e59J TIL of “Benny’s Rules”, a complex, incorrect “mathematics” a student came up with that enabled him to pass math tests for years
dDDNZ TIL the first indoor mall in the US was opened in 1955 in Wisconsin