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TIL in 1881 Listerine mouthwash distributor agreed to pay royalties to it's inventor and still pays his family, for some 141 years for now

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eNmJ TIL Chess was invented in India
xlLD TIL: Saturn’s north pole is a hexagon, and no one knows why.
Lk1rm TIL Lincoln's cabinet was a team of rivals, including notable William Seward, who was initially resentful & condescending of the president. The two eventually became close personal friends, spending many nights bonding over stories, good humor, & politics, much to the dismay of other cabinet members
E1X4V TIL that an almost entirely white animal might not be an albino but leucistic, which is a very different condition. Albinoism means a lack of melanin and results in pink eyes, whereas leucism is only a partial loss of pigment and the animal has normal eyes.