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TIL the opposite of warmth is coolth

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v10bB TIL Alexandre Dumas was only one-fourth black, from his paternal grandmother. His other three grandparents were white.
ad7y TIL that Samuel Morse missed his wifes death and burial because of slow communication, thus he began inventing the single-wire telegraph and morse code
epex6 TIL Canada’s bill C-16 which was passed in 2017 can result in jail time for people who purposely misgender others.
nej4Y TIL - An 8th grader tried to pay for her lunch with a 2 Dollar Bill that had been given to her by her grandmother. The police were called because the school thought it was fake, and investigated where the bill had been obtained. In the end, the bill was real.
PPLL TIL that printers leave unique signatures on every page they print, so each piece of paper can be tracked down to the printer. This also explains why you cannot print in black and white if you have no yellow ink.