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TIL that Julia Tuttle was the only woman to found a major American city, having owned and developed the land that would eventually become Miami.

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neV6r TIL that ancient Egyptian cats enjoyed a sacred status because of their utility as domesticated animals against various pests, mice, and snakes. The cat goddess Bastet was popular and the temple of Bastet was erected in her honour. The cats were mummified after death and buried in the temple.
1a5GP TIL Trident chewing gum contains pork
91MQ TIL that since 2011, according to the US congress, pizza is considered by law as a vegetable if it contains at least two tablespoons of tomato paste. Ketchup is also considered a vegetable under many conditions.
xVDe1 TIL That ancient Greeks hung a branch of bay over the door of a sick person to fend off evil and death. This led to the garlanding of newly qualified doctors with a bay wreath, known as the Bacca laureus in Latin, which gave us the word "baccalaureate" (University Degree).
yVPRp TIL there are even more possible iterations of chess games than there are atoms in the observable universe,