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TIL The white stripes on clovers signal that it produces cyanide

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Z8mG4 TIL The letter sent by the FBI to the band NWA, made famous in the film Straight Outta Compton is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The letter said the song Fuck Tha Police promoted “violence against and disrespect for the law-enforcement officer"
VM5Wk TIL about Boston Brahmins - upper class English colonists who saw themselves as the social equivalent of Brahmins in the Indian caste system
OoeVY TIL Vesta Stoudt, the mother of two Navy Sailors wrote a letter to President Roosevelt explaing the way ammunition was packed often didn’t work. She suggested a rippable cloth based tape, leading to the invention of duct tape.
4X6O5 TIL of Salem Poor, a slave who purchased his freedom, and fought in the battle of bunker hill. His actions earned him the praise of 14 officers who called him "a brave and gallant soldier"
m9pR TIL; Liam is short for William.