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TIL $44B of gift cards have gone unclaimed since 2008

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kOpg7 TIL the first extensive history of the colonization of the Americas (first hand account of one of the first European settlers) wasn't published for 314 years and still hasn't been translated into English.
PYeEZ TIL that the current CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, is the great grandson of Sakichi Toyoda, who is known as the father of the Japanese Industrial Revolution thanks to his invention of the power loom that implemented the principle of Jidoka, meaning the machine stops itself when a problem occurs.
OP06 TIL “Blood is thicker than water” when used in the context of family over friends, is a wildly incorrect bastardization. The full quote is, “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” and refers to relationships chosen meaning more than those of mere blood.
M7VkV TIL While on the Moon, astronauts did not have any data to tell how long the small water tank used for cooling in their backpacks would last. After returning to and repressurizing the Lunar Module, they could drain and measure remaining water in the backpacks to confirm the predicted
4XnVJ TIL, although many possible reasons have been proposed, some researchers believe the removal of lead from petrol was a key factor initiating a 20 year long fall in crime rates.