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TIL that a 4-year-old child was shipped through the United States parcel service for $0.53 in 1914.

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8eBLZ TIL about Tommy Prince,a member of the Devil's Brigade, the grandson of a chief who negotiated Treaties 1 and 2 in Manitoba, the most highly decorated indigenous soldier in Canadian history, and an early advocate for the abolition of the Indian Act in favour of respecting treaty rights.
1W8W TIL the “most succinct” world in any language is “mamihlapinatapai” and means the “unspoken and private moments shared in public where each party is fully aware of what the other is non-verbally expressing but is otherwise unwilling to vocally suggest or offer the thought.”
lJxV TIL the longest prison sentence ever was given to an Indonesian woman and her associates were given a 141,078 year sentence for fraud .
1aNLD TIL a sanitary inventor named Thomas Crapper improved the U-bend pipe, and patented the floating ballcock to prevent indoor toilets from exploding.
5Y4En TIL that due to a strong dislike towards mixing of science and politics, Einstein said were he a young man again, he'd choose to be a plumber or a peddler, to which many plumbing companies responded by making him the honorary plumber. Also, there are many Einstein Plumbing companies in the US now.