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TIL Sylvester Graham invented graham crackers as part of a radical vegetarian diet meant to curb the desire to masturbate

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4Xxna TIL about Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1896-1966), a Chinese-American suffragette. At the age of 16, she was invited to help lead a march of 10,000 people up Fifth Avenue.
0dMlN TIL There are only 28 hotels in the world with 3000 or more rooms and 15 of them are in Las Vegas.
LkPZQ TIL Prince Philip of is worshipped by inhabitants of some villages on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, holding feasts on his honour and having portraits of him
w9bJ TIL the Smokey Bear Statute of 1952 is a real federal statute, complete with rules like no wisecracking in the Smokey Bear costume.
ADmbn TIL Apples at the supermarkets and grocery stores aren’t as fresh as you’d think. They can be over a year old. They are waxed, hot air dried and kept in a cooled room. The apples are usually picked between August and November.