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TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display in Florence
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TIL of Dr. Atlas Fredonyer, a Swiss Doctor who was convicted of incest and pardoned by California Governor Leland Stanford and died after surgery to remove a 16-ounce bottle lost inside his rectum after an attempt to alleviate a severe case of diarrhea. Fredonyer Pass, California is named after him.
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TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans' favorite drink.
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TIL Interesting Facts About The World's Oldest Intact Ship
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TIL that in Galway, Ireland, a historical marker commemorates the place where, in 1753, Liam O’Malley was bitten and turned into a vampire. The plaque goes on to explain that O’Malley, later known as Angel, “found fame in the 1997 hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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TIL Muhammad Ali gave his first Olympic medal to a high school teacher who previously said “ you ain’t never gonna be nuthin’”