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TIL Dr. Seuss pronounced it in the German manner, “soice”. He realized that Americans naturally read the name as “soose” and went with it “to be associated with—Mother Goose”

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Ey0 TIL that there is a coal fire believed to have been burning for 6,000 yrs
woeDW TIL the Pyrenean Ibex went extinct twice: Once in the year 2000, when the last specimen died - and once in 2003, when that specimen was cloned and lived for seven minutes
jNVYv TIL that the Rosenberg's where supposed to be executed at 11PM on a Friday. In an attempt to delay the execution, they claimed that it would be a violation of their religious rights to be executed on the Sabbath. Their plan backfired when the judge agreed but instead moved the execution to 8PM.
MGZA TIL the US pressured India to make charas (hash) illegal in the 1980’s. The “war on drugs” was international.
DK6V TIL that citizens sent Ulysses S. Grant more than 10,000 boxes of cigars as gratitude after a victory at the Battle of Shiloh. He died of throat cancer in 1885.