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TIL Loofahs sponges are dried out fibres from a plant related to a squash

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QJgB6 TIL that due to the effect that gravity has on time, the core of the earth is approximately 2.5 years younger than the surface
a89Dy TIL President Lincoln established the Secret Service on April 14th, 1865. He would be murdered later that same evening
5gxQ TIL that Queen Bee stingers are not barbed, and because of this they can sting repeatedly without dying.
pY7ep TIL In 1897, the US Government created "The Board of Tea Experts" to taste test every lot of imported tea, to ensure that the tea tasted good. The Board was abolished in 1996.
kJvme TIL Aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont committed suicide because of the sight of airplanes flying over his city to bomb a nearby airport