TIL that in 1833 a Boston ship owned by "Ice King" Frederic Tudor carried pond ice ~16,000 miles to Calcutta; ~80 tons melted but 100 arrived and sold for a fortune.
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TIL on July 31, 1976, the night before Colorado’s 100th anniversary, thousands of people celebrating in Big Thompson Canyon had no warning before a 30-foot wall of water swept through the narrow gorge
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TIL that a man forged Spanish records to claim more than 12 million acres of Arizona and New Mexico as part of an 18th-century land grant.
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TIL that during WWII, the U.S. government outlawed pre-sliced bread. The ban was supposed to save packaging materials and keep bread prices down. Instead, it enraged consumers, caused a bread knife sh
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TIL in Norway everyone's income, net wealth and tax paid are published online and anyone can search them. But you have to log in, the person you look up can see your name in their search history withi
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