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TIL a former slave ship captain wrote the song “Amazing Grace.”

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NXejM TIL that the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is the only airport in the USA and perhaps the world to have a used bookstore: a branch of Renaissance Books.
jNMJp TIL over 70% of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares closed after the show.
9007 TIL Gunpowder was invented in China while taoists attempted to create a potion of immortality.
54Lr TIL a 2012 survey by Yoga Journal found that only 18 percent of yoga practitioners are men. Many men say they easily get bored doing it or that their bodies aren’t built for pretzellike poses
QJ8r6 TIL Mr. Rogers has a hockey card and is one of the only celebrity captains of a team to receive this honor.