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TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica

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X0og8 TIL that the US, Canada, and Cuba have the lowest burden of food borne illness on the planet.
Me1yA TIL: Charles Joseph Bonaparte, the great-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, lived in Maryland and served in the cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt. He created the FBI.
GYlp7 TIL cockroach farms grow billions of hem to be used in China to eat kitchen waste. After six months of their lifespan they are washed and dried to be sold for cattle feed or their essence to be extracted for medicinal purposes (curing oral and peptic ulcers, skin wounds and even stomach cancer)
Wk1j8 TIL One of the few historically reliable accounts of Pocahontas describes her doing naked cartwheels to entertain settlers.
eZy5 TIL that the term ‘bum rush’ comes from vagrants trying to take advantage of free snacks