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TIL that fungus is more closely related to animals than plants.

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wooKo TIL that the first piece of legislation passed by the 1st U.S. Congress was the Tariff of 1789, which levied a 50¢ per ton duty on goods imported by foreign ships. President Washington signed the act and the money was used to pay off the Revolutionary War debt.
dDyjK TIL - the English word for Bear is descended from a Proto-Indo-European euphemism meaning brown one or wild animal, as it was feared saying it's real name 'arkto' would cause the animal to appear.
4Jwb TIL that MIT students found out that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets from Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. In 5 years they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.
ZpjWv TIL Martha Gellhorn, wife of Ernest Hemingway, impersonated a medic to go ashore without permission on D-Day. She was the only woman to report from the landing beaches.
n6ab TIL that 100-year-old notebook found encased in Antarctic ice is part of Robert Scott’s expedition team