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TIL a plant was modified to grow potatoes and tomatoes and is called “ketchup-n-fries”

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4Znw TIL The remains of an 18th-century ship were found in 2010 while excavating the Wolrd Trade Center site
aPX0 TIL out of the 10,000 members of the Communist Party USA in 1957, 1,500 were FBI informants.
7r06p TIL about Michael Malloy, also known as "Iron Mike". A New York City man who survived numerous attempts on his life, including poisoning with antifreeze, turpentine, rat poison, and horse liniment.
rkOw TIL that in last 85 years in the US, unemployment has gone up during all Republican presidential terms except Reagan and gone down during all democrat presidential terms except Carter (see chart)
7rKyr TIL In 1941, almost 10% of all recruits for the US military were rejected because they did not have 6 opposing teeth on their upper and lower jaws. US dental health was so poor before WWII that it was the leading cause of rejection.