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TIL John Adams said “There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader and converting measures in opposition to each other.” Despite this, nothing was written in the Constitution about political parties

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ymAv TIL on a clear dark night the human eye can detect a candle being lit from 30 miles away.
6RW8 TIL John Pemberton died a pennyless morphine addict after selling the rights to his alcohol-free morphine alternative, ‘Coca-Cola’, a formula he said “some day will be a national drink”.
DQ4LV TIL a New Mexico judge came up with the electronic ankle monitor from reading a Spider-Man newspaper comic strip in 1977
KYreR TIL about Thomas Wedders, a circus performer in England during the 1770s, who is believed to have had the longest nose ever. According to historical accounts, Thomas’s prominent proboscis measured 19 cm (7.5 in). That’s the same length as a standard pencil.
BrDdk TIL 76% of Vietnamese people share only 6 surnames, with a full 38% of them having the surname Nguyen