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TIL Jim Henson's Muppets first appeared in violent coffee ads

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epR7b TIL Zurich's historic Semper Observatory showcases around 300 measuring instruments, sundials, astrolabes, and the telescope that astronomer Rudolf Wolf used to count sunspots. Wolf was a pioneer in the topic of sunspot research
LkR9P TIL: In the 16th century, the Pope declared the Capybara a fish, and it was allowed to be eaten during Lent.
Vgom TIL that Vatican state owns a observatory telescope in south-west Arizona
KOdY9 TIL Abraham Lincoln, prior to becoming President, was an avid boater and traveled on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers where his boat often got stuck on sandbars. In 1849 Lincoln invented a method for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals, making him the first and only U.S. President to receive a patent.
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