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

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GY95j TIL Theodore Roosevelt as a child, watched Lincoln’s funeral procession pass by his house. His admiration for Abe was reinforced later in life when he met John Hay, who was Abe’s secretary. Hay gifted a ring that contained Lincoln’s hair to Teddy. Teddy then wore the ring on his inauguration day.
PYoLL TIL Issac Newton was a firm believer in alchemy and studied for years to find a method to create the substance known as the Philosophers Stone, which could apparently turn base metals into gold.
4gla TIL: In Tunisia you can book an overnight stay in Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home for only $10
wL1ZY TIL that "world’s leading source of high-grade uranium" was accidentally found in 1966 by a bunch of oil dudes who took a Geiger counter on a plane so they could write off their fishing trips as business expenses.
AN5nx TIL that UK created B-Lines, a series of ‘insect pathways’ (mostly dedicated to bees) running through the countryside and towns. They link existing wildlife areas together, creating a network, like a railway, that weaves across the British landscape.