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TIL George Washington preferred pot to alcohol

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oRkER TIL That between the 14th and 17th centuries, groups of people in Europe began to dance uncontrollably, and would not stop, and it got to the point where some even died.
mZJx TIL at Gettysburg’s 50th reunion in 1913, a Union and a Confederate soldier stood where their regiments had fought and buried a hatchet.
wopYP TIL The biggest chicken nugget ever made weighed 51 pounds and was 3.25 feet long x 2 feet wide
wo64Y TIL about the Man of the Hole, the last member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil. He gained his name for digging a deep hole in each of his former residences (for reasons that remain unknown), and remained isolated for over 50 years in the Amazon rainforest until his death in 2022.
VjaD TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman’s words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” Nike responded back saying “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”