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TIL the Hershey Kiss paper is called a Plume. It’s edible.

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v1dZ8 TIL that in 1832 the US Bank thwarted the government’s plan to pay off the public debt by illegally authorizing European bankers to purchase it, leading Andrew Jackson to fear that “a new era may arise in which the capitalist abroad may have an influence over the destinies of this country.”
p8JP8 TIL that soldiers that wielded bronze swords used the metal filings from sharpening their blades after combat as a disinfectant for their wounds, due to copper's anti-microbial properties.
NXdN6 TIL about Chris Lemons, a saturation diver that survived 35 minutes without oxygen at almost 300 feet below the North Sea.
gXZb TIL there were seven fabled cities of gold, not just El Dorado
9yR6 TIL, that the first President born in the US, Spoke Dutch as his first language