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TIL that Harvard used to have its own porn magazine

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R7w1 TIL in the 90s scientists tried to create an artificial biosphere in the desert which ended up a massive failure crawling with crazy ants.
696OZ TIL: When Sherman published his memoirs during Grant’s Presidency. Many thought that Sherman treated Grant unfairly, however Grant defended the book, saying "when I finished the book, I found I approved every word;that…it was a true book, an honorable book…just as I expected Sherman would write”
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KOWAw TIL that Europeans arrived in the Americas before arriving in Japan