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TIL that the person with the highest IQ ever recorded has the surname Savant.

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OGP57 til E. E. Cummings preferred capitalizing his name. "e. e. cummings" was popularized by his publishers, to reflect his odd style. After his death, one critic claimed the author legally de-capitalized his name, but Cummings' wife said this was an utter lie. Still, the tradition stuck around.
rN60w TIL that part of the profit of the English East India Company's first expedition to the Indian Ocean came from the seizure and loot of a Portuguese galleon
4lrw TIL that in in 1914 Henry Ford published an Anti-Smoking book that was targeted at young people, years before Smoking was widely considered unhealthy.
AEwB TIL child prodigy Michael Kearney learned how to read by 10 months old, graduated high school at age 6, earned an Anthropology degree at age 10, earned two Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science at ages 14 and 18 respectively, and earned his PhD in Chemistry at age 22
QjY9 TIL that according to South Carolina’s constitution, you cannot hold a public office if you deny the existence of a Supreme Being.