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TIL Horseshoe crabs have saved our lives countless times.

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gjd7 TIL Effiel tower has names of seventy-two French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians engraved in recognition of their contributions around its sides
0o5 TIL the very first US Congress passed, and George Washington signed into law, a health insurance mandate.
yQ1gp TIL about Leonard Stogel, a music promoter and manager who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. Both his parents had previously died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1.
AaRn TIL During the Napoleonic wars, a monkey was hanged in England because all the Englishmen knew of the Frenchmen was that they were “short, hairy and spoke another language” and took the monkey to be a French sailor.
QNnBX TIL The Grudge is part of the Japanese "Ju-On" horror film franchise, all made by the same director who found success for the movies in Japan and translated that into Hollywood