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TIL that the doctor who helped deliver Dolly Parton was paid, by her father, with a bag of cornmeal

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D1e4V TIL that in Europe, coffee was once considered as the "Muslim drink" and banned, until Pope Clement tasted it and deemed it Christian
0dXlv TIL that the US Congress never officially voted on Ohio’s statehood until 1953 due to an oversight—despite the state celebrating its founding in 1803
69m68 TIL That in 2015 a Supernova was identified that was 570 BILLION times brighter than the sun and 20 times brighter than the whole Milky Way.
D7Lr TIL That leading scientists speculate that alien life might be present nearby, and we might not even notice each other due to the profound difference in technology and evolution.
epnW6 TIL that Major League Baseball pitcher Ed Porray is the only player in league history to not be born in a country. He was born on a fishing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th, 1888. His birth certificate lists "At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean" as his birthplace.