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TIL that the average age of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was 42. Benjamin Franklin (81) was the oldest, while Jonathan Dayton (26) was the youngest.

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QNWBp TIL in 1957, dentist Charles Kremer in New York voiced his suspicion that a high-ranking church official, Archbishop Valerian Trifa, was actually the Nazi war criminal Viorel Trifa. 20 years later, investigators found Trifa's fingerprint on a postcard to Heinrich Himmler in a German archive.
mxo1R TIL that cows have best friends. In a study to identify factors affecting milk yields, researchers noticed that cows form attachments to specific individuals in their herd. When these cows are together, indicators of stress in both noticeably reduce.
pYwJA TIL about Major Dick Bong: The Greatest Fighter Pilot In American History (Flew Under The Golden Gate Bridge)
ANpZ7 TIL "chucking" is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering the ball, but after biomechanical testing showed that all bowlers flex their extended arms to some degree, rules were then changed.
6n18 TIL Total US credit card debt is going to surpass $1 Trillion by Christmas.