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TIL Thomas Jefferson wanted the official motto of the US to be "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." When it was rejected he appropriated it for his own seal.

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4wAb TIL that babies will instinctively hold their breath underwater until the age of six months.
167A8 TIL In 1940s and 50s Quaker Oats and MIT conducted experiments by feeding ceareal containing radioactive iron and calcium. This was conducted to prove that the nutrients in the oat meal travelled throughout the body. A $1.85 million settlement was made in 1998 for the victims.
QNMx9 TIL California was mistakenly considered an island for centuries on world maps. The legend proposed that it was terrestrial paradise, like the Garden of Eden. This misconception was resolved in the 18th century
oBVyE TIL that after a nuclear test at the Bikini Atoll one of the experimental animals, Pig 311, actually survived and was found swimming for shore in a lagoon. It was eventually retire to the National Zoological Park in DC
pYPD8 TIL the title to “Inside Out” in Spanish is a pun. It is called “Intensamente” which means intensely but also ends with the word “Mente” or mind