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TIL that boiling water can remove microplastics

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yQeNX TIL Mill workers in Manchester, England refused to touch slave-picked cotton during the US Civil War. Lincoln wrote a letter of thanks, and relief shipments were sent to the workers. Today, a statue of Lincoln stands in Manchester's Lincoln Square
yVP7e TIL about Cecilia Chiang, who changed America's opinions of Chinese food. Among other things, she taught Chinese cooking to Julia Child and James Beard.
OG5bY TIL the ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos realized the Solar System was heliocentric 2000 years before Copernicus, but was mostly ignored.
RL9w TIL that “Beats by Dre” headphones, which sell for as much as $450, only cost about $14 to make.
rM7x TIL while in college, the writer of ‘Night at the Museum’ would regularly visit museums while high an acid.