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TIL each side of a beach towel serves a different purpose

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Rj47 TIL: John Moses Browning not only designed the M1911 handgun, but also the M2 50 caliber machine gun, the BAR automatic rifle, the 1887 lever action shotgun, the Auto 5 semi-auto shotgun, the Winchester 1894 lever action rifle, and many other designs and calibers.
kOWN1 TIL the US Postal Service creed "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is a translation of the phrase by ancient Greek historian Herodotus which referred to mounted Persian postal couriers around 500BC
4bxR TIL that green olives are the same as black olives, but green olives are picked before ripening and black olives are picked while ripe
woXNY TIL Egon Hanfstaengl, whose parents had been close acquaintances with Hitler in the 1920s, became a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II
xGaB TIL George Washington was the wealthiest US President, with $525 million (adjusted for inflation). His salary was 2% of the total US budget in 1789, and he owned over 50,000 acres of land.