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TIL the mineral Lime will glow white after being heated, and that’s the reason for the term “In the limelight”

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6EbMW TIL about Charlie Faust, who joined the New York Giants in 1911 after a fortuneteller said he'd lead them to the World Series, though he was no athlete. The Giants won the pennant that year and started 54-11 in 1912 before releasing Faust, who was later diagnosed with dementia and died in 1915.
woMM1 TIL Only One Person Has Been Kicked Out of The College of Cardinals, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne in 1791
R7w98 TIL at Vancouver Island a male orca and its mother ambushed another mother orca and her calf, for the purpose of infanticide and to mate with it's mother once nursing was no longer needed. The male got ahold of the calf and drowned it, while his mother blocked the calfs mother from rescuing the calf
5YEa8 TIL that more than 27 million Americans went hunting in 2016 and that it generates nearly $3.5 billion yearly in federal, state and local taxes.
4kaLa TIL That pencils were painted yellow to appeal to the Asian market. Yellow represented health and prosperity.