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TIL Soylent Green was set in the year 2022

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kJZL7 TIL After defeating the French and capturing King Francis in battle 1525, Emperor Charles V agreed to release Francis in exchange for a treaty instead of invading France, which led contemporaries like Machiavelli to call him "mad" and a "fool". As soon as he was released, Francis annuled the treaty
4XxvR TIL of pokeweed berries. Found in our backyard, these berries look like a cross between blueberries and grapes. These berries are dramatically poisonous and can result in respiratory paralysis. Birds are immune to the poison; dogs, humans, and other mammals are not.
Y7Ged TIL Wallace Shawn(Princess Bride, Toy Story, etc) began his acting career starring in an adaption of The Mandrake, a comedy written by Niccolo Machiavelli, the author of The Prince. Shawn translated the script to english himself
VVyp TIL George Washington stopped the Revolutionary War to return a lost dog to the enemy. The terrier of a British general was found wandering the battlefield. The US waved a truce flag, and both sides stopped shooting until the dog was successfully returned to the British commander.
ZpopB TIL that American sculptor Alexander Calder built a fountain of mercury for the Spanish Republican Pavilion for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris