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TIL there was a copper scroll found among the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1952 that is not a literary work like the others. Instead it lists the locations of valuable treasures such as silver and gold that have been buried or hidden.

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e0ZBD TIL the first unelected president of the united states was born with the surname King
ZpZOG TIL: Of the existence of "Road Trains" mostly used in Australia - they're massive semi-trucks that usually pull up to 4 trailers at once but the world record is a "train" of 112 trailers (1.5km) long.
Y7X8x TIL Espionage Act violations carry up to 10 years prison penalty per violation (per document)
wLLa1 TIL that the term 'leotard' was named for the first person to complete the Flying Trapeze Act in 1859, Jules Leotard
mbo TIL that the song ‘Crabbuckit’ by k-os refers to 'crab in the bucket syndrome’, in which a group of crabs in a bucket will pull down any crab trying to escape thus ensuring their collective demise.