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TIL the 100,000th U.S. Patent was a Horse Sun Bonnet.

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P15be TIL that the British crown enjoys ownership of all of the unmarked mute swans in open water. "Swan upping is an annual ceremony in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released."
D1yND TIL Bowling was originally done with 9 pins in America, until 9-pin bowling was banned; so 10-pin bowling was created as a loophole to keep the sport going
XpyP TIL In the winter of 1963-64, a team of FBI agents spent their days hunched over portable record players, struggling to decode a message that threatened the morality of America’s youth. It wasn’t from the Russians or Castro, but a band of white-bread Portland teenagers called The Kingsmen.
16xX7 TIL David Bowie, a tech visionary, launched his own internet service provider called BowieNet in 1998, offering users exclusive content, email addresses, and even web hosting
Bry4e TIL George V during the 1926 General Strike criticised the government for calling the strikers "revolutionaries" and said "Try living on their wages before you judge them"