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TIL: Hidden Valley really is the original ranch dressing… and it’s owned by Clorox.

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9wVjQ TIL about Hum, Croatia which is the smallest town in the world. The town is smaller than a football field and has a population of just two dozen people. Even so, Hum has a museum, an inn, two churches, and even a unique liqueur called biska which can't be found anywhere else in the world.
yDk8 TIL reindeer herds being raised for meat in Norway still need to be tested for radioactivity due to fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. Reindeer that are too radioactive to eat are released into the wild.
ne1vP Til that fingernails serve to enhance sensation and precise movements of the fingertips through the counter-pressure exerted on the pulp of the fingers by the nails.
OoGB4 TIL that in 2013 Washington state gave Boeing an $8.7b tax break to "maintain and grow its workforce within the state" - the largest tax break in history. Boeing then cut its workforce in the state by 15%
neJ4d TIL about the Dionne quintuplets. They lived in a specially built hospital nicknamed "Quintland" in the mid 1930's in Ontario. They were the biggest tourist attraction at the time, bringing in more than $50 million in revenue and were also used in film and to promote Quaker Oats.