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TIL that Limestone powder is poisonous.

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nWx5P TIL of Columbia, the personification of the United States for over 200 years, and was even the alternate name for the United States. She is the reason for the District of Columbia, British Columbia, etc. She was replaced by Lady Liberty, and was gradually forgotten after WWI.
woebW TIL that, after his dog Jacksie was killed by a car, four-year-old C. S. Lewis adopted the same name as a tribute and wouldn't answer to any other. He later accepted Jack, which became the name by which he was known to friends and family for the rest of his life.
kOJm4 TIL that a mere 16 years after being marched 1000s of Miles during the ‘Trail of Tears’, the Choctaw donated what is equivalent to tens of thousands today to Irish during their potato famine.
e0Lpb TIL The British WW1 'Unknown Warrior' was given a state funeral with full military honours, entombed with a medieval crusader's sword, accompanied by a guard of 100 Victoria Cross recipients, as well as 100 women, each of whom had lost her husband and all her sons in the war.
xV67k TIL that 78 years ago, FDR moved Thanksgiving one week earlier to increase holiday sales. This day became known as "Franksgiving."