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TIL Thurgood Marshall had to memorize the U.S. Constitution in high school as punishment for misbehaving in class.

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rNmdW TIL after fighting in WWI, A. A. Milne had PTSD so severe, he was reminded of whizzing bullets by buzzing bees, and cannons firing by balloons popping. Wanting a lighthearted distraction and a way to explain to his son the difficulties of war, he wrote Winnie the Pooh stories as his way of doing so.
yApe TIL some hospitals will fake CPR for the sake of a family
wGno TIL of The Magnificent Seven. Seven large elephants from Kruger national park that had at least one tusk weighing over 50 kg (110 lb). The largest tusks reached 3 meters (10 feet) in length.
16rR8 TIL that luffa / loofah are a vegetable that belong to the gourd family!
6wO8 TIL spray paint used to cake up in automobile factories to such a degree that it could be cut, polished, and set in jewelry. The resulting stone is known as “Fordite” or “Motor Agate”