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TIL that Stephen Colbert testified at an official congressional hearing on the state of agricultural jobs in the US, all the while staying fully in-character and making fun of congress in his speech.

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oKpY TIL a common prank in the 1800s involved putting the end of a thread from a spool through a clothes seam and getting unsuspecting strangers to try to pull out what they think is a loose thread. The spool unwound as they pulled, and the prankster enjoyed a jolly good laugh.
Brm6D TIL exactly 57 years ago, JFK gave his Ich bin ein Berliner ("I am a Berliner") speech in the backdrop of the Berlin Wall. “Freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in.”
R7Bwl TIL that during WW2, nickel was so important for producing armour plating that the US stopped using it to make nickels - and used silver instead.
9w88p TIL That Komodo Dragon is a species of Monitor Lizard.
W7e98 TIL that East India company still exist today—it is now owned by Sanjiv Mehta, a businessman from India.