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R5lLw TIL that Robert Fulton's steamship was named North River Steamboat, and that the name it's popularly called today, Clermont, was due to an error in a biography of Fulton. No accounts of the vessel being called Clermont during Fulton's lifetime have been found.
VelQ TIL Americans trust Judge Judy more than all nine justices of the United States Supreme Court
ANDEg TIL that people can actually die of a broken heart and the medical term is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken-heart syndrome)
LkPxV TIL left handed people were retrained to write with their right hands in certain schools, even into the 1970s. This caused a stutter for some of the students.
nWjmP TIL Most store-bought orange juices are 12 - 36 months old by the time you buy them.