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TIL that the Lone Ranger is the Green Hornet’s Uncle

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rPX4 TIL homeopaths without borders is an actual charity
Z8Dgv TIL members of Lewis & Clark's expedition took mercury-bearing pills to "treat" constipation and other conditions, and thus left mercury deposits wherever they dug their latrines. These mercury signals have been used to pinpoint some of the 600 camps on the voyage.
kODm1 TIL that more than 50% of the oxygen produced on earth is from photosynthesizers in the ocean, such as Prochlorococcus and phytoplankton.
lmPa TIL that Senator Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest Filibuster by a lone senator. He stayed on the Senate floor speaking for 24 hours and 18 minutes nonstop in opposition of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
8ePj8 Til- Before electricity, theatres would use calcium oxide (commonly known as quicklime) to illuminate the stage. This is where the phrase “In the limelight” comes from.