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TIL that people were unaware that TNT was explosive and used it as a yellow dye instead of its destructive potential.

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8VnP TIL in the 1940’s Stetson Kennedy went undercover as a Klansman, gave Klan passwords to the writers of the popular “Superman” radio show, who used them in a story line in which Superman fights the KKK. Kennedy has been dubbed “the greatest single contributor to the weakening of the Ku Klux Klan”
oLMA TIL Hollywood father-son duo Sean Connery and Harrison Ford are only 12 years apart in age.
E1GJx TIL that the US federal government in general does not permit children under age 14 to work, but it outlines a handful of exceptions -- and one of the jobs that is expressly permitted is the oddly specific "gathering evergreens and making evergreen wreaths."
5VAWP TIL a referendum on annexation by the United States was held in the Dominican Republic on 19 February 1870. The proposal was approved by 99.93% of voters, although turnout was just 30%. However, the United States Senate rejected the annexation on 30 June 1870 with a 28–28 vote.
Jmgm TIL that Burger King introduced a Left-Handed Whopper in 1998 with all condiments rotated 180 degrees which attracted thousands of customers.