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TIL that most Americans aren't aware of blackcurrant flavour (one of the most popular soft drink and confection flavours in the world) due to a ban on the plant in the 1900s because of its role in spreading disease among white pines, a principle industry of the growing American republic.

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QNXl9 TIL that Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to be subjected to both a physical assault and an assassination attempt. In 1833, Robert B. Randolph struck Jackson in the face with his hand, and in 1835, Richard Lawrence pulled two pistols on Jackson, both of which misfired.
b5k7 TIL for $22,000 Swiss company Algordanza will take your ashes and compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one. Most stones come out blue because humans contains trace amounts of boron. Occasionally diamond pops out white, yellow or black.
x6rQD TIL that Kathryn Beaumont at 13 voiced Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" and did so again for "Kingdom Hearts" at age 64.
0dNEy TIL: There is something called 'The Glitter Conspiracy'. One of the largest producers of glitter doens't want to tell what tge glitter is used for. Theories range from the use in explosives to boats
gM0PA TIL Harry R. Truman refused to leave his lodge at the base of Mount St. Helens in Washington state despite evacuation orders due to its seismic activity, saying to reporters "If the mountain goes, I'm going with it." He was killed by the pyroclastic flow from the eruption on May 18th, 1980.