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TIL In 1805 in a private correspondence, Thomas Jefferson admitted to offering his love to a woman, but personally denied everything else the Federalists accused him of, including fathering the children of Sally Hemings.

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nWVar TIL Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest, even though he had no connection to the mountain and never saw it. He objected to the name because Hindi speakers found it hard to write and pronounce...
wogP1 TIL: 1995 Daegu gas explosion in S.Korea, over 100 people were launched into the air, rained down and crushed by debris. First responders described flattened, disfigured bodies, some stretched to nearly double their original size from the impact. The disaster remains relatively unknown today.
b6PPj TIL: The only country who has successfully invoked NATO Article 5 is the USA after the attacks on September 11.
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