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TIL a corrupt U.S. immigration official accepted 200 eggrolls in exchange for granting citizenship.

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p8GD8 TIL the founder of the Smithsonian, James Smithson, was a British scientist who willed his fortune to his nephew and in the event his nephew died with no heirs, to the US government to found an "Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men"; having never visited the US.
YRrA TIL Renaissance Genius Leonardo da Vinci was a chronic procrastinator.
oB9MY Today I Learned that one can approximate the current temperature (in Fahrenheit) by counting cricket chirps for 14 seconds, then add 40.
Z8Lda TIL Apple never paid a dime to the inventor of the computer mouse
AD87 TIL: Gas stations (and other merchants) can’t have a “minimum purchase amount” when you use a credit/debit card…regardless of what they try to tell you…