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TIL that scholar Theodore Roszak believes that a weekday edition of the New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in seventeenth-century England. (Fixed to meet rules)

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a0g9 TIL that Richard Nixon was gifted two Giant Pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) after his historic visit to China in 1972. They were given to the US as a token of friendship between the two countries.
MMbb TIL a black man tried to integrate the University of Mississippi and not only was rejected, but sent to an insane asylum.
R7kj7 TIL that an architect in Colombia started a company to turn waste plastics into Lego style bricks for low cost homes. Using the bricks, it takes 4 people about 5 days to construct a 430 square foot house. The concept is to reduce plastic waste and give homes to those most in need.
GYB7J TIL in 2003 two men, who weren’t licensed to fly, stole a parked Boeing 727 from Luanda International Airport and neither the men or the plane have ever been found.
rRZ0M TIL Former French president Felix Faure died of a seizure in his office while having sex with his mistress. He was the first French president to die of natural causes while holding office.