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XrpX TIL scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago
yDPJ TIL the last person to win a presidential nomination with no political experience was Wendell Lewis Willkie. He lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt by 10%
x6vZ7 TIL in Eastern Canada 1923 is known as “The year of free beef”. When the Maritimes changed from driving on the left to the right hand side of the road, oxen could not be retrained to walk on the right side and so were sent to slaughter causing a precipitous decline in beef price.
mxYVY TIL that after the War of 1812, America went through the "Era of Good Feelings". During this period America experienced national unity and had only one political party, the Democratic-Republicans.
pYe6A TIL: Banyan merchant is an expression used widely in the Indian Ocean trade to refer to Indian merchants who are clearly distinguished from others, by their clothing, their religious and cultural dietary choices, and the manner in which they conduct trade