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TIL George Washington was a redhead.

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ZbjR TIL after Douglas MacArthur was relieved of command in the Korean War in 1951, Emperor Hirohito visited him to offer his condolences. It was the first time a Japanese Emperor had ever visited a foreigner who was not a diplomat or royalty
ZmjY TIL that the body fat of a 440 lbs woman caught fire during cremation and almost destroyed the entire facility. Because of this, new crematories are being built to hold individuals weighing up to 1,000 lbs.
bBMZ TIL that a number far larger than a googol and googolplex exists. Graham’s number is so large that the observable universe is far too small to contain a digital representation of the number, assuming one Planck volume per digit.
5V9Z8 TIL that in 1726, an Englishwoman from Surrey tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits
P7lg TIL the polish mathematicians were the first to break the enigma code. Not the British.