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TIL the first left/right ideological debate in American media history is considered to be a pamphlet war in the 1790’s between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke over the topic of the then ongoing French Revolution

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m1kAP TIL about Riley Horner, an Illinois teenager who was accidentally kicked in the head. As a result of the injury, her memory resets every two hours, and she wakes up thinking every day is June 11.
ANawg TIL The longest recreational trail in North America, and the world, is not the Appalachian or Pacific Coast Trail, it is the The Trans Canada Trail. It is 15,000 miles long and it stretches from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans.
RAx1 TIL that beavers are considered fish by the Catholic Church, allowing them to be eaten during lent.
gMZNL TIL that many popular sites in New York City, like Washington Square Park, Madison Square Park, Bryant Park, and Union Square Park, used to be cemeteries. Washington Square Park alone contains over 20,000 bodies. Most of these cemeteries closed in the 1800’s, and the parks were built right on top.
Mgoa TIL in 1777 a Yorkshireman earned 2 guineas at his local fair for eating an entire live cat in 15 minutes.