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TIL that the Power Ranger Command center is actually a Jewish college.

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jA6N TIL That Christopher Columbus punished a man found guilty of stealing corn by having his ears and nose cut off and then selling him into slavery
oBA5o TIL about the Dunning-Kruger Graph / Effect- it explains so much about today's self-proclaimed experts!
R7rl4 TIL inoculation was introduced to America in 1706 by an West African slave named Onesimus, who taught his owner Cotton Mather how his parents inoculated him as a child. in 1721, Mather used this method to successfully combat a smallpox outbreak in Boston.
epyP5 TIL of the Glasgow effect, a term which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the Scottish city compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. Some hypotheses for this effect include stress, especially in childhood, leading to ill health; violent gang culture; and rate of premature births.
Me4wa TIL that in WW2, destroyer crews loved to rescue downed pilots, because the reward for returning them to their carrier was 10 gallons (38 liters) of ice cream.