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TIL that “56% of Americans believe that "Adam and Eve were real people", and 44% believe so with strong or absolute certainty”

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v1MDR TIL that Hallet's Cove, NY was renamed Astoria to persuade John Jacob Astor, then the wealthiest man in the United States, to invest in the neighborhood. He only invested $500.
xVE65 TIL President James Buchanan regularly used to buy slaves in Washington, D.C. and quietly freed them in Pennsylvania
7rYYX TIL During the Cold War, the US tested its ejector seats out on bears.
XL46 TIL there was a con man in India, who repeatedly sold the Taj Mahal, the Indian parliament and various other heritage sites. He was sentenced to 113 years but managed to escape prison 9 times, last when he was 84 years old.
VM8OZ TIL While Governor of New York Franklin D Roosevelt went to such lengths to hide his reliance on a wheelchair that he had a secret elevator and entrance into his office in the state capital building.