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TIL a strawberry on average, has 200 seeds on its surface

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rRogM TIL FDR is the only physically disabled person to be US President. Paralysed from the waist down, ramps for his wheelchair were installed at the White House. This was hidden from the public. In speeches he used his head to make gestures because his hands were gripping the lectern to remain upright.
691JX TIL that the early Hardy Boys books were so dark and cynical in tone, that they received an official rebuke from the publisher.
NX4WM TIL Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets
0d1JM TIL in 1831 four countries claimed a new island in the Mediterranean that disappeared again only six months later
BrWyy TIL that Jerusalem had been fought over 16 times in its history, attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.