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TIL there has never been a time in US history when there were more than six living Presidents

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Z87VB TIL that Portuguese soldiers used black swords in the Age of Discovery in order to not reflect the light and announce their presence on ships, avoiding also its rusting when used near salt water.
78OoL TIL that f1 tires are only designed to last 50 miles
wpNM TIL Ewen MacDonald was hanged in 1752 but regained consciousness after being taken to the dissection theatre. When the surgeon who was meant to dissect his body discovered the supposedly dead man sitting upright on the operating table, he promptly bludgeoned MacDonald to death with a mallet.
5YGB9 TIL that researchers in South Africa encountered seals that forcibly copulated with King Penguins and on one occasion the penguin was killed and devoured as well.
4kKrR today i learned: green olives don’t have a bright red center, those are pimento’s stuffed in them. i am way to old to have just learned this…