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TIL George Washington had no biological children, but historical accounts show he was a lovin father to his step-children: John and Martha.

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b9meN TIL- 'Gaslighting' is a form of psychological torture where false, misleading and/ or contradicitng information is given to a subject to cause them to doubt their own sanity.
0d7Gy TIL that Anton Chekhov, known for his poignant, dark, open-ended short stories started out writing light hearted comedies.
QJNVX Finland’s Lapland is home to over twenty thousand reindeer, but with thousands killed every year due to vehicle collisions in the dark, herders now cover the animals’ antlers with a harmless fluorescent paint that glows in the light of oncoming cars but is otherwise invisible. both female and male reindeer in Lapland grow antlers, which they shed in the spring, so a new coating is reapplied in the fall.
l7NdG TIL that Smedley Butler is the last person to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice
4X6b6 TIL that Breakfast is NOT the most important meal of the day. That belief was started by Kellogg's Cereal company to sell their product.