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TIL that Ben Affleck recreated a slave plantation to live in

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Br5x TIL: On this date in 1877, Thomas Edison suggests using the word hello as a telephone greeting. The idea catches on.
GYkj4 TIL the skeletons of 40,000 people were used to build a chapel in Prague. The site became popular in the 13th century when an abbot sprinkled “holy soil” from Jerusalem on the cemetery grounds.
Z8lDB TIL about an event known as an "October Surprise." An October Surprise is a news event deliberately timed just before a US election in order to influence the outcome of that election.
BreNW TIL UPS trademarked the colour brown
9wrDQ TIL that the U.S. Army officially began fielding its replacement for the M4 this month. The M7 rifle will be distributed to the Army’s entire close combat force of infantry, paratroopers and scouts.