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TIL Benjamin Franklin tried to abolish slavery in 1790 by petitioning congress and writing many essays on abolitionism.

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1awaP Today I learned that in 2015, American hip hop duo ‘Run The Jewels’ released 'Meow The Jewels’: a crowdfunded version of their 2014 album, where they replaced all the instrumentals with samples of meowing cats - and donated the $60k+ funds to charity.
O6rY TIL Nirvana originally started out as a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band
d8jO7 TIL that the first French territory that seaborne Allied forces captured on D-Day were the Îles Saint-Marcouf islands off the Normandy coast. Although they faced no resistance, the US troops suffered 19 casualties, killed and wounded, from mines that the Germans had left.
XNmR TIL that nuclear fission can occur naturally. 2 billion years ago, multiple reactions took place in what is now known as Oklo
neA0P TIL the U.S. National Quiet Zone is 13,000 sq. miles where radio-emitting devices, including microwave ovens and most radio broadcasts, are illegal except for certain military and scientific purposes. It has also become a haven for people claiming to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.