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TIL the US Supreme Court ruled in 1893 that tomatoes are a vegetable.

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b6EEp TIL Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was reportedly killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle that mistook his bald head for a rock, while he was staying outdoors to avoid a prophecy that he would die "by the fall of a house."
41K6 TIL, Senator John Sherman, author of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, said “If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.”
lAZK TIL: Tinnunculite is a naturally occurring material that only forms when Falcons poop directly into burning coal mines as they fly.
Brv9r TIL there is a 4 grade scale to measure your penis erection.
9JZ6 TIL that on Saint Patrick’s Day began as a “feast day” in honor of the anniversary of the day he died. To honor him, Christians could put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption on this day, which is why excessive drinking has become so permanently linked to the celebration.