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TIL Barbara Eden of I Dream Of Jeannie fame is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.

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R7nJj TIL about Bhopal, the 33 yr old site of the worst industrial accident in history. Never being addressed, the site is still actively killing people to this day.
9wDKm TIL: That of the eight finalists from the 1988 Olympic men's 100m final, eventual bronze medalist Calvin Smith was the only athlete to never fail a drug test during his career. Smith later said: "I should have been the gold medalist."
Z5AD TIL it’s illegal in Germany to drive your car without destination
WkjwN TIL that the pen caps have holes in them to prevent suffocation, in case they were swallowed. As roughly 100 people die in the US each year from choking on pen lids
WknbB TIL The history of the fork. It was invented by the ancient Greeks and introduced to to Europe in the 10th century by Theophanu Byzantine wife of Emperor Otto the 2nd. It made its way to Italy by the 11th century and had become popular amongst merchants by the 14th.