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TIL that Thomas Paine became a deputy in the French parliament and voted against executing King Louis XVI

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1arBX TIL that Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land is Your Land” sarcastically after he got tired of hearing Kate Smith’s “God Bless America” over and over again.
BrVnd TIL Some believe that if children wear glasses when they are young, they won’t need them later. Others think wearing glasses as a child makes one dependent on them later. Neither is true. Children need glasses because they are genetically nearsighted, farsighted, or astigmatic
YpkLB TIL that one woman pays $164K per year to live on a luxury cruise ship
neXoB TIL in 1971 Juliane Koepcke’s plane was struck by a lightning and broke up over the rainforest. She fell 3.2km (10000 feet) and survived. Despite having a broken collar bone and being extremely short sighted because she lost her glasses, the 17 years old girl survived for 11 days alone until rescued
LBv9 TIL as late as 17th-Century Europe, masturbation was commonly employed by nannies to put their young male charges to sleep.