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TIL George Washington was surprised to discover the Chinese weren’t White

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5RXk TIL that the Canadian province of Quebec is responsible for 75% of the world’s maple syrup production.
JYMBm TIL that the Mosquito is the world’s deadliest animal because they transmit deadly diseases between mammals.
1P04 TIL of Watermelon mosaic virus, a virus that “draws” circles on watermelons.
PYxoe TIL Erik the Red was a Viking who was exiled from Norway for murder so he moved to Iceland but again was exiled for murder. So he took 500 men & women, founded Greenland, & declared himself chieftain.
P10Vn TIL Ernest Hemingway had a transgender daughter. Gloria Hemingway (born Gregory Hancock Hemingway) was an American physician and writer. Although she lived most of her life publicly as a man, she struggled with her gender identity from a young age, and in her sixties underwent surgery to transition