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TIL: Ben Franklin attempted to abolish slavery in 1790

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nen7r TIL the "fresh is best" culture led consumers to wrongly see frozen produce as lower quality. It turns out frozen fruit & veg are equally nutritious. The freezing process slows nutrient loss which occurs after harvesting. Researchers found no real nutritional differences overall.
l75Or TIL that in 1915 a three minute, long distance phone call cost the equivalent of $500 in today’s money
DQ9Ng TIL that NORAD tracks the big jolly man that is Santa Claus and also provides a couple facts about him and his sled
OGZ1a TIL the idiom “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray” originates from a Scottish poem in 1786: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley, / An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, / For promised joy”
KOlRE TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin was buried by reporters acting as pallbearers. No one aside from them showed up for the funeral.