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LQwPv TIL 11th president James K Polk vetoed the bill that would provide $500k to improve ports. He feared that the bill would encourage legislators to compete for favors for their home district, and doom the virtue of the republic.
QNeB9 TIL Starting in the 60s, scientists began introducing dung beetle species from Africa to Australia to help decompose cattle manure; before then, manure would linger for years
AN15o TIL Pilates was invented by a man named “Joseph Pilates”