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TIL about Aaron Burr’s senate farewell, which was never fully recorded, but was so moving it left the Senate in tears

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ZwNR TIL the density of the fur of an otter is incredible 50.000 hairs per square centimeter
kABB TIL that there hasn’t been a Democrat-nominated chief justice in almost 60 years.
ne159 Today I learned that part of the reason Pythagoras hated beans so much was the belief that beans contained the souls of dead people. Hence, when you farted, you farted the souls of your dead ancestors.
J1M7l TIL that James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570), Regent of Scotland, was the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm.
epR8g TIL about Oskar Speck whose paddled 30,000 miles (48,280km) in 1932