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TIL Not only were the Ninja Turtles named after Renaissance painters, but there was a Renaissance painter, Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, who was nicknamed "The Splinter." (Fixed from my previous post)

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a84GN TIL that Francis Scott Key was the lead prosecutor in the first sedition trial in the U.S. Key charged Reuben Crandall for publishing abolitionist pamphlets deemed rebellious and persuaded the judge not to grant bail. Crandall was acquitted but died shortly after contracting tuberculosis in prison.
KBJw TIL cigarette butts are the most polluted items in the world, accounting for 2 billion pounds of waste per year. To combat this, entrepreneurs developed eco-friendly butts that decompose in 2-6 weeks, then sprout into trees.
nelk9 TIL that the Chinese population census margin of error (26 million) is bigger than the population of 180 countries
w8K1 TIL that there is a single Cashew tree in Natal, Brazil that has a mutation which allowed it to cover an area of 7500 square meters
xVVZ0 TIL Walt Disney Held And Personally Judged A Beauty Pageant Of His Female Artists