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Til While Benjamin Franklin was in England, he wanted to meet sir Isaac Newton. But the meeting never happened.

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VBNP0 TIL former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is only 5′ 10″ tall
9wb6Q TIL that the term "quack" to mean an incompetent doctor came from the Dutch word "kwakzalver", which was a person who sold dubious medicaments on the street at and at fairs.
691dY TIL of the raid by on the "Armando Diaz" School that took place during the 27th G8 meeting on 21st July, 2001 in Genoa, Italy. People were indiscriminately attacked there leading to 61 injured and one in coma. 93 people were detained from there who were beaten before being released.
Dyvv TIL Sprouts that come out of old potatoes are poisonous and can cause an array of symptoms ranging from vomiting to paralysis.
m1k1o TIL of engineer and chemist Thomas Midgley Jr., who contracted polio at 51. He devised a system of ropes and pulleys for his bed, but became entangled and died of strangulation. He also invented chlorofluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, and leaded gasoline.