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TIL William Lee was the only one of George Washington’s 124 slaves freed outright in Washington’s will citing “his faithful services during the Revolutionary War”.

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WQKA TIL there is a tiger named Kenny who is the only known tiger to have downs syndrome
1axd4 TIL The "Jesus Nut" or "Jesus Pin" is the only component holding the rotor blades on certain helicopters. It was nicknamed during the Vietnam war because if it were to fail in flight, the rotor blades would lift off of the helicopter and the crew would have nothing else to do but pray to Jesus.
jNJ5M TIL the Jamestown settlers (first permanent English colony in America) were cannibals and "were clearly interested in cheek meat, muscles of the face, tongue, and brain."
8JB4 TIL that a hungry Jesus cursed a fig tree to wither and die because it was out of season and had no fruit. This is counted as one of Jesus’s miracles.
e0OE6 TIL that Big Bird escaped death from the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion