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TIL that chicken tenders are the tenderloin of the chicken.
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TIL Shoe shops used in-store x-rays machines on children to ensure a good fit from 1920-1970 until they realised the dangers of radiation
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TIL a monument for Benadict Arnold exists at Saratoga National Park, calling him the "most brilliant soldier of the Continental Army", but does not explicitly mention him by name.
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TIL Leonard B. Robinson, known as the Baltimore Batman after dressing up as Batman and visiting hospitalized children in Baltimore, was killed in a car crash after his car broke down on the high way.
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TIL Four Presidents of the U.S. were members of the ‘Whig Party’ (1833-60). The Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Presidency. The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories.
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Today I learned that a certain portion of the population will consistently feel the urge to defecate shortly after walking into bookstores or libraries. Named after the otherwise-unheard-of woman whose confession to a Japanese book magazine made it famous, it's known as the Mariko Aoki phenomenon.