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TIL: In 1903 Daniel Barringer gambled his entire fortune on a mineshaft believing geologists had misclassified a meteor creator as a volcano and a $1 billion iron ore deposit was to be found. He was correct that the site was a meteor creator, but didn't realize the iron ore had vaporized on impact.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Fifth_Down t3_11uu31v
TIL Iceland has no McDonald's restaurants anywhere in the country. McDonald's left Iceland on 30 October 2009, as a result of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis and high import tariff on imported ingredients which required the prices of their products to increase.
icelandreview.comSubmitted by False_Employ9474 t3_11x3nnn
TIL The aardwolf knows not to destory its food sources. Aardwolves eat part of a termite mound, leaves it, and return a few months later when the colony has rebuilt so it can have another meal. An aardwolf keeps track of mounds it attacked and can eat 250,000 termites in a single night.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by jamescookenotthatone t3_11zh2up
Submitted by AstridFugelstad t3_125hil9
TIL Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by macaroni and cheese during a visit to Paris that he wrote down the recipe and instructions on pasta extrusion, imported a pasta maker, macaroni, Parmesan, and made it at his home. He served it at a state dinner in 1802.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by NegativeBee t3_126twy6
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TIL that the "Super Ballon d'Or" is the name of a former prize that was awarded on December 24, 1989, by the French football magazine France Football for the best football player of the last three decades. This award has been given only once, and Alfredo Di Stéfano is the only winner.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Knight_TheRider t3_zzvctq