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TIL Marilyn Monroe was actually Jewish, converting after marriage.

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5Yo4P TIL on 1642, Sir John Denham asked Charles I to spare Sir William Waller from execution, saying that "while Wither lives, Denham will not be the worst poet in England."
R7kQa TIL that the Babylonians actually discovered Trigonometry about 1,500 years before the Greeks. Not only were their tables more accurate because of their base-60 numerical system (which made thirds more accurate), but their approach using ratios is something relatively novel to us, today.
Oo4GY TIL there is a cartoon series in the works that revolves around special needs children guided by an adult who suffers from PTSD. Together they use their disabilities as super powers to save the world.
NXbwe TIL The Hunt for Red October was (very loosely) based on a real story!
JB1l TIL Hemp creates more pulp per acre then Timber, it was grown in George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s gardens, is a potential biomass fuel, and still illegal to grow in the United States