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Today I learned that all planets are round because of gravitational forces.

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QJ5o6 TIL of Sidney Lewis who joined the British Army at age 12, fought in the Battle of the Somme at age 13 but was sent home when his mother complained. He reenlisted without her knowledge, fought in Austria in 1918, and went on to fight in WWII, too, before retiring to run a pub.
6EPEZ TIL in South Africa and India, biting ants were used as surgical sutures by getting the ants to bite on both sides of the wound, then breaking off the body.
J1Koj TIL The letter J was the last letter added to the English alphabet. "i" was used for "i" and "j" sounds until 1524.
ExAP TIL There is Book Store that takes up a full city block in Portland, Oregon.
rNEdM TIL President Ulysses Grant wanted to annex Santo Domingo (or what we call the Dominican Republic). He feared a European power taking it over and hoped it'd be a safe haven for black Americans. But the annexation treaty died in the Senate and it was never pursued again.