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TIL Bill Nye, the Science Guy, holds a patent for improved point shoes to better support dancers’ feet

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LQ6D0 TIL that the Salvation Army is an actual denomination of the Protestant Church, uses titles derived from military ranks, and has a CEO.
wML6 TIL That after the Napoleonic Wars the Dutch set up poverty colonies to help poor families. It was opposed by Christians because it “intervened with God’s plan”
xoaD TIL When the British burned down the White House in the War of 1812, first they ate the meal that was set out for the President
5Y8Ar TIL that the company John Downer Productions makes ultra realistic animal robots to go out into the wild. The robots are able to mimic how the variant of animal would normally act and most of the time gets accepted into that animals group/tribe.
vPYvL TIL: 4% of the sand on Normandy beach is made up of shrapnel that has broken down.