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TIL that loofahs come from plants and are related to cucumbers and watermelon.

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1aOnV TIL When quicklime is heated to 2400°C it emits an intense glow. Before the invention of electric lights, quicklime was used as a lighting source for theater productions, and this is where the phrase "in the limelight" when referencing celebrity comes from.
mxenM TIL the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 was intended to help the USPS be more competitive. The provision for funding in advance health benefits for retirees was added because the Bush White House threatened to veto the bill without it.
NXLR1 TIL During the American Civil War the town of Winchester Virginia changed hands over a dozen times between the Union and Confederates due to it’s strategic location in the Shenandoah Valley. A British observer called Winchester the "shuttlecock of the Confederacy."
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76L TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s voice was very high and even remarked as “shrill”