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TIL that President Obamas Secret Service codename is Renegade

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VMZ0k TIL that during the Siege of Syracuse (213-212 BC), Greek mathematician Archimedes refused to abandon the geometry equation he was working on during a battle. His last words before being killed by a Roman soldier were: “Don't disturb my circles!”
eZ64 TIL of the GMO apple that doesn’t brown after it’s been sliced
e0VeJ TIL that wisdom tooth extraction is a $3 billion per year industry in the USA. As many as 70% of wisdom teeth extractions are unnecessary, and that stopping these unnecessary extractions would reduce the average yearly income of an American dentist by as much as 40%.
4XDyg TIL as early as 839 AD, Swedes & Scandanavians served as mercenaries in the Byzantine army. Swedish men left to enlist in such numbers that a new law "Västgötalagen" was created that said no one could inherit while staying in Greece to stop emigration.
AMXo TIL Plymouth spent $10,000 developing the horn of the 1968 Roadrunner so the car could sound like it’s namesake cartoon character