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TIL That the USA Almost Fell Apart During the Interlude Between the End of the Revolutionary War and the Beginning of George Washington’s Presidency

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Lk1Ld TIL Pornhub displayed a message that said it automatically shared the video you were watching on social media for April Fools
DQvke TIL the Mars candy family raised thoroughbred horses including one named Snickers, who died soon before Mars introduced the candy bar that would be named in his memory
M7Rna TIL that the first confession elicited from a suspect with the famous Reid Technique -- still used during police interrogations throughout the U.S. -- was later discovered to be completely false, and led to a $500K settlement for wrongful conviction.
R5Kj6 TIL 35% of whole blood donors become iron-deficient (defined as ferritin levels of below 25 µg/L). Daily iron supplementation (37 mg of iron) for at least 8 weeks after is expected to replenish iron loss from one whole blood donation.
oNYK TIL there is an ATM in the Vatican that gives instructions in Latin, and is believed to be the only one in the world to do so