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TIL: Thomas Jefferson, who advocated for gradual emancipation, owned over 600 slaves and was pro-segregation

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Eg4NP TIL promising farmland came available when this 310 ft. wood and steel bridge was completed in 1910. It opened 100’s square miles to claim in Central Wyoming. It took a few generations before families gave up the dream because of poor soil and scarce water. Their sad cabins still remain.
MPvW TIL that the Apollo 10 lunar module was jettisoned and is currently in orbit around the sun. It’s exact location is unknown but a group of amateur astronomers have been looking for it since 2011.
grvJy TIL The phenomenon "Koro" is the psychological disappearance of the penis, and causes epidemics of panic anxiety due to widespread fears of losing one's genitals
aw50o TIL President Benjamin Harrison's fathers corpse was stolen from its grave. The body was eventually found by his brother at the Ohio medical college hidden in a chute
Ra0j TIL that moray eels have a second pair of jaws to help catch their prey - just like the xenomorphs in the alien movies