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TIL Amethyst is Greek for “not intoxicated” because the stone was once thought to protect the owner from substance abuse.

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NXJY1 TIL On July 4th, 1826, 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the second President of the United States, John Adams, died with his last words being, "Thomas Jefferson survives." However, Adams was unaware that third President Thomas Jefferson had died earlier that day.
kO9R5 TIL legendary musician and producer Nile Rodgers believes his single proudest moment is ''Soul Glo'' - a jingle for an in-movie commercial from “Coming To America”
d5wK TIL when a Pediatrician was involved in a fiery car wreck and was pinned in his burning car, among the fire rescue crew that arrived to save him was a man whose life the doctor had saved 30 years earlier as an infant.
xvM7 TIL Don King killed two men. One was shot in the back while robbing one of King’s gambling houses. The other was an employee stomped to death for owing him $600.
6E8Vl TIL that in the Antebellum South, slaves dreaded January 1 -- A.K.A. "Heartbreak Day" -- because New Year's Day was traditionally when debts were settled, resulting in black families being torn apart as slave owners sold or rented slaves out long-term to pay back those they owed money to.