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TIL That there was a plot to kill or kidnap George Washington early in the Revolutionary War - the traitors were from Washington's Life Guards, similar to today's Secret Service. One of the traitors was the first person to be put to death for treason, Thomas Hickey, in front of 20,000 people.

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d8Pmd TIL of an Australian circus family wrongly charged for sexually torturing children as young as three. Victims allegedly had to abuse each other, were cut with knives, had their tongues bitten and needles stuck in their eyes. One of the victims eventually admitted about "lying about the whole thing".
EjW7 TIL before wolves evolved into dogs, they worked together with humans hunting game. Wolves were superior trackers but humans superior killers, so wolves would lead humans to prey and would get some of the meat as reward.
e0AYL TIL: A man named Robert Shields wrote the longest diary in history - 37.5 million words written over a 25 year period until he was disabled by a stroke. He spent hours every day chronically the most minute details of his daily life and even limited sleep to 2 hours at a time to record his dreams.
LkvV9 TIL - only three women have appeared on UK Bank Notes (excluding the Queen) - Florence Nightingale £10.00 (1975), Elizabeth Fry £5.00 (2002) & Jane Austen £10.00 (2017). Twleve men have appeared by contrast.
e0nkg TIL that Dr. Seuss wrote a book about political tension, the arms race, the threat of nuclear weapons, and the Cold War in 1984