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D1PRg TIL that Thomas Jefferson bred and raised a special type of geese in order to supply himself with quill pens.
5Yd19 TIL the first person sentenced to the stocks in Boston was Edward Palmer, the carpenter who built the stocks. His crime? Charging too much for building the stocks.
0Zx1 TIL The first person sentenced to the stocks in Boston was Edward Palmer, the builder of said stocks. His crime: Charging too much for building the stocks.