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TIL that Teddy Roosevelt believed that American currency shouldn’t carry the motto “In God We Trust.”

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XEXYD TIL Mexican drug cartels are fighting over a multi-billion avocado industry.
W7wNX TIL that the expressions “ignorance is bliss”, “the end justifies the means” and “honour among thieves” are all attributed to a Roman slave, Publilius Syrus
AN6mn TIL George Washington is the only U.S. president elected as an independent to date. Washington opposed the development of political parties.
j6j7n TIL the coronation of Edward VII was conducted by the elderly Archbishop of Canterbury. During the service, he placed the crown backwards on the King’s head, loudly told someone to go away, and had to be helped up by the King when he could not stand back up after kneeling.
kJaX4 TIL Jane Goodall met her first husband, Hugo van Lawick when he came to photograph her for National Geographic in Gombe Stream National Park and married in 1964. They had a son nicknamed Grub. But when his funding dried up, he had to leave Gombe and the couple drifted apart