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TIL Winston Churchill Had a Doctor's Note to Drink "Unlimited" Alcohol in Prohibition America (1932)

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OGQVa TIL in 1837 a blacksmith and tool maker in Illinois was gaining attention over his innovations to the plow. His self cleaning steel headed plow tilled the tough midwest soil with ease and aided the migration into the Great Plain. That blacksmith's name was John Deere.
oROR7 TIL Woody Harrelson's father was a professional hitman who died in prison after assassinating a federal judge.
5Vwkr TIL Navajo is one of the most widely spoken Native American languages and is most widely spoken north of the Mexico–United States border, with almost 170,000 Americans speaking Navajo at home as of 2011.
PYBWE TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian treefrog (Xenohyla truncata), the only known frugivorous frog species. It feeds on fruit, seeds, pods, pulp flowers and arthropods. It locates the fruit and simply snaps it, swallowing it whole. They eat insects just like any other frog when fruits are unavailable.
NW76 TIL the longest period in US history where President’s without any military experience were elected was between 1909-1945; during the period with both World Wars.