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TIL of a brawl in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858 that involved over 30 members and ended in laughter and jeers after William Barksdale of Mississippi had his hair piece ripped off.

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MeOob TIL FDA has banned the use of microplastic in rinse-off cosmetics.
OoEa1 TIL about the US Camel Corps, which imported camels for use by the Army and were taken over by the Confederacy. Feral camels were sighted in Texas well into the 1900s
d8NBQ TIL that Alma, Arkansas (self-declared "Spinach Capital of the World") has a giant, bronze Popeye statue in the middle of Popeye Park that was unveiled in 2007 during their annual Spinach Festival.
v1ORB TIL owing to the severity of death threats from local Mafia, the public prosecutor for Sicily has 42 bodyguards.
Ql9e TIL Benjamin Franklin thought the Bald Eagle was unfit to be a national symbol because it was “a Bird of bad moral character that does not get his Living honestly.”He felt the Turkey would be better because it was a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards