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TIL President John Quincy Adams owned an aligator which he kept in the White House

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OGL7X TIL about Saint Guinefort, a legendary 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint
XG8r TIL in 2008 Monty Python decided to start their own Youtube channel. They uploaded HQ videos of their sketches which in only a few days resulted in a 16,000% increase in DVD box set sales.
gBV8 TIL in 2014, scientists created Vantablack, a substance made from carbon nanotubes, which absorbs 99.965% of radiation in the visible spectrum making it the blackest substance known.
4kKOJ TIL That Sao Paulo has over 40,000 high rise buildings (That's more than 6x the number in New York)
Mw6K TIL the stethoscope was conceived because the inventor felt uncomfortable placing his ear on a woman’s bare chest to listen to her heart.