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TIL the first thanks giving in America was not celebrated in Plymouth Massachussets, but in Berkeley Hundred, Virginia

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6EpaJ TIL The Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the Clock Tower and it sounds an E Natural
N7e4e TIL while his opponent traveled all over the country campaigning, McKinley won both the 1896 and 1900 presidential elections by staying at his home in Canton, Ohio and giving speeches off his front porch to whoever showed up to listen.
X0Y6 TIL that the colour Blue acts as an appetite suppressant while the colour Red stimulates your appetite.
9D5m TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous demanded alcohol during the last few days of his life.
mm9M TIL that in 1860, futurologists predicted that NYC would not exist in 100 years because the present growth rate indicated 6 million people, and they would need 6 million horses, and they could not handle that amount of manure.