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TIL that George Washington did not have any wooden teeth, and that he had a set of REAL teeth from slaves

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dDWlB TIL that A 14 year old british boy battling depression created fake online personas to persuade his best friend to attempt his murder. Miraculously surviving the attack, he entered the UK's records as the first person ever charged with inciting their own murder.
EgVAo TIL that Loofahs are vegetables in the squash family and can be eaten as well as dried and used as sponges
9Y587 TIL during a screening of Blue Velvet in Chicago a man fainted and had to have his pacemaker changed. Upon completion, he returned to the cinema to see the movie's ending
yBap TIL the Polish Beer-Lovers’ Party (PPPP) won 16 seats in the Sejm with 2.97% of the vote in the first free parliamentary elections in 1991, before disintegrating into Large Beer and Small Beer factions despite party president Rewiński’s claims that “beer is neither light nor dark, it is tasty.”
OolB4 TIL of the HMS Hercule. Originally a French 74-gun battleship. She was captured on her maiden voyage less than 24 hours at sea, spending the rest of her career with the British Navy.