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TIL that Jack Daniel learned to distill whiskey from a slave
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TIL the White Lion brought African indentured servants to what became the USA a year before the mayflower.
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TIL only 35% of Harvard freshman have ever had sex. Nationwide, 47% of students have sex before they graduate high school.
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TIL the oldest tree ever discovered was cut down by a scientist and a park ranger in order to retrieve a $50 scientific tool
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TIL the heiress to the In-N-Out fortune, Lynsi Snyder, has deliberately kept herself out of the public eye due to kidnapping attempts; one of which occurred while she was still a teenager in highschool.
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TIL in Victorian times, ice cream was sold in small quantities called a 'penny lick' wherein a small amount of ice cream was placed onto a licking glass, which the customer would lick clean and return. It was banned due to concerns about spreading TB, as the glass was not washed between customers.