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TIL That brass doorknobs have a anti microbial effect called "Oligodynamic effect"

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16a9d TIL Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, empowered his imperial princes because he blamed the weakening of imperial princes for the preceding Wei Dynasty’s fall. Ironically, this led to the destabilization of his own dynasty and forced their retreat south of the Huai river
e7L4 TIL that Washington state is the only state in the United States where assisted suicide, same-sex marriage, and cannabis use are all legal.
OoRba TIL of the Walleye War, a fishing dispute that took place in Minnesota in the 1990s and nearly resulted in a portion of the US being ceded to Canada.
KOrP4 TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1826)
rRAMd TIL that American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis tried to order cocaine from his dealer but instead of texting him he tweeted it to his followers by accident