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TIL that intelligent people tend to be messy, stay awake longer, and swear more

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xomD TIL When King Charles II of Navarre was deathly ill, his physician ordered him to be wrapped and sewn into bed sheets that had been pre-soaked in brandy. A careless servant used a candle to burn the loose thread away, which set fire to the cloth and burned the king alive.
p8Bxp TIL that Daryl Davis, a black musician, is credited with dismantling the entire KKK network in Maryland. He did this by befriending many members, even going so far as to serve as a pallbearer at a Klansman's funeral.
gMGy TIL that “if every home in the United States paid its bills online, solid waste would be decreased by 1,600,000,000 tons each year.”
6Jlm TIL that by law, Alaska is required to remove all traces of the Trans-Alaska pipeline after oil extraction is complete.
WknAB TIL about Ming, the oldest animal ever discovered at 507 years old. The researchers studying it accidentally killed it