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TIL Pirate Richard Worley was the captain of the New York’s Revenge during the Golden Age of Piracy. After he captured his second ship, he named it the New York Revenge’s Revenge.

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6EBQW TIL Dr. Jay Neitz cured color blindness in Red-Green Color Blind (dichromatic) Squirrel Monkeys using gene therapy. The monkeys were given a shot which enabled them to distinguish red or green. After successful trials with the monkeys Dr. Neitz awaits NIH/ORDA/FDA approval for human trials.
6EMy7 TIL That Reggie Jackson was offered more money to go to the Montreal Expos in 1976. A customs search in Ottawa sealed the fate of a deal with Montreal and he later signed with the New York Yankees
8VEL TIL that Lebanon currently has no President, and the office has been vacant since 2014
wLna7 TIL That at the height of Van Halen’s success with Diamond David Lee Roth, Roth had his penis insured with Loyd’s of London. Since others in the group were getting vital body parts insured, he insisted that ‘Little Elvis’ ought to be insured as well because he too would be used heavily on tour.
nvxG TIL hemp was banned in the 1930’s (U.S.) due to it being competitive with, at the time, newly founded synthetics fibre and plastic industries.