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TIL academic freedom in the US impacts the entire world.

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pYybp TIL that in the summer of 1858, Central London experienced "The Great Stench" due to a heat wave and poor sewer system, leading to a 17-year overhaul of the sewage system.
MeL7A TIL that George Washington is the highest ranking officer in the US army. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Armies on January 19, 1976, and he has steadfastly held onto power, even though he's been dead for 220 years. This makes the US army the world's only necrocracy.
x68D TIL that there was a hot sauce with 16 million Scoville Units, created from crystals of pure Caspacin
WyMd TIL that only about 50% of Americans know that Judaism is older than Christianity.
grrG4 TIL about the existence of Platybelodons, a prehistoric elephant with the mouth of platypus