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TIL that during WWII, scientists were struggling to make enough penicillin to keep up with demand until they found a moldy cantaloupe in Peoria, IL that was producing penicillin at the highest rate they had yet seen.

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awoD0 TIL that Christopher Jackson, who played George Washington in Hamilton, provided the singing voice of Chief Tui in Moana
ekd4 TIL that in 1913 $20.00 had the buying power of $481.50 today.
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