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TIL Samuel Johnson, an Englishman, said regarding the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?”

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mxYdv TIL that pooping at work could save the average person $120 per year.
PDbe TIL that Pat Summitt, head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team, was so successful that the university twice asked her to coach the men’s team.
p8NRb TIL Organisms that live around hydrothermal vents do not rely on sunlight and photosynthesis. Instead, archaea, the first living organisms in existence, use a process called chemosynthesis to reduce toxic minerals and chemicals into nutrients.Without them, no multicellular life would exist on Earth.
oR0Mr TIL that the U.S. Army developed technology to “see” smells using color-changing chemical sensors that identify airborne molecules for rapid threat detection.
DYXJ TIL that no one knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.