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TIL that it is illegal in the US to buy or sell wheat seeds without legal papers

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VOXB TIL a fitness trainer intentionally gained over 70 pounds to better understand the plight of his overweight clients. Then lost it all again six months later.
epLE TIL The first fitted contact lenses were made in 1888 out of blown glass.
7rNrM TIL Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens were lovers when they were young and if you watched the Disney+ release of Hamilton with that in mind it’s very apparent.
a8QEo TIL On a list of the 25 cities in the US with the most murders per capita, Alabama appears 4 times. Fairfield, Anniston, Prichard and Bessemer, Alabama all have significantly higher murder rates than big cities like NYC and LA. Three cities in Arkansas also made the list.
ngd9 TIL that the Ancient Athenian historian and general Thucydides (460-400 BCE) was the first to record the connection between earthquakes and tsunamis