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

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GAGLj TIL the most common misconception about Yellowstone is that it’s overdue for an eruption, as stated by Michael Poland, the current scientist-in-charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), the research consortium that monitors the volcano.
VMeKB TIL of Momčilo Gavrić, the youngest Serbian soldier in history who joined at the age of 8 after his family was killed by Austro-Hungarian artillery fire in WW1
Lm0d TIL a Navy shower is a shower were the water is turned on to get wet, turned off while soaping up, and then turned on again just long enough rinse off. A Hollywood shower, by contrast, is a shower with no time limit at whatever temperature you prefer.
D16Be TIL in 1381 over 70,000 peasants from across England revolted against their lords, led by a farmer named Wat Tyler the 'Peasant Army' marched into London, sacking parts of the city and killing any wealthy elites they found
9VZQ TIL That the amount of petroleum used to create one plastic bag is enough to drive a car for approximately 375 ft.