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TIL in 1933, US Steel, Remington Arms, J.P. Morgan, and Standard Oil joined the DuPont family in an attempt to overthrow FDR with a fascist military coup called the "Business Plot"

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04Qj TIL the sun is brighter than about 90% of the stars in the galaxy
KOnV4 TIL that according to some Balkan folklore, watermelons and pumpkins that are kept for more than 10 days are at risk of becoming vampires.
e0ZaE TIL Research on Ants with barcode tags shows that Ants take sick days. When some members of the colony are exposed to pathogens, they spend less time in the nest.
1apoX TIL that in 2017, the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber allowed schools to stage their own version of his new musical ‘School of Rock’ for free, in a bid to tackle what he sees as a decline in arts education.
VNYD TIL…In Switzerland it is illegal to own one guinea pig because they are prone to loneliness.