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TIL Jewish persons could not hold public office in Maryland until 1826

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joyX TIL the McDonalds character Grimace was first known as the"Evil Grimace" and was depicted as two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes.
n1br Hippos cannot swim. Their bodies are far too dense to float. Instead, they push off the bottom of the river or run along the riverbed.
D1NNY TIL an American man built a log cabin in Alaska and then just kept adding more and more floors until he reached 185-feet. At this point, he was forced to stop building as federal airspace starts at 200 feet. In the future, he still intends to squeeze in one more floor.
0LoL TIL That Sauron has a rich backstory in Lord of the Rings, and at one point turned into a Vampire and hid in the woods. There were also Werewolves.
kyMd TIL John Harrison - the only person to be both the child (William Henry Harrison) and the parent (Benjamin Harrison) of U.S. Presidents.