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TIL that the man holding the American flag standing behind George Washington in the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is 18 year old future president James Monroe

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5VdKQ TIL the controversial diamond Koh-i-Noor has a sister diamond called Daria-i-Noor, which is part of the Iranian Crown Jewels
WkMO8 TIL that if you hold in too many farts, the gas can be reabsorbed and then exhaled in your breath.
9w7d6 TIL that 27 U.S. states are at least partially north of the southernmost part of Canada.
D7Wj TIL that the purchase of Alaska from Russia by the U.S. was originally mocked by U.S. citizens, who called it “Andrew Johnson’s polar bear garden”
LkrDQ TIL pornography has fueled the improvement of many of the technologies we use today. Such as video, screens, the internet...