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TIL Merriweather Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame committed suicide (brutally) a few years after their expedition and that in some circles it’s believed to have been a murder

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DY7V TIL There are only 77 registered hand guns in Japan. The US has approximately 114 MILLION.
0knj TIL the color orange was named after the fruit
5YKyD TIL of Lee Ellis, a Canadian man who evaded police to give water/food to pets left behind during the May 3, 2016 wildfire evacuation in Fort McMurray, Alberta. He and his buddy managed to help dozens of pets before getting forced to evacuate by police.
OG4ka TIL that the city of St Petersburg, Florida got its name from a coin toss. If it landed on the other side, it would have been named Detroit, Florida
W7VRY TIL that the cotton in your pill bottles should always be thrown out. Once they were used to stop medication from knocking about the bottle and crumbling, but are now coated to avoid this. Today, the cotton ball can only serve as a moisture trap that may compromise your medications/vitamins.