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TIL Earth has had several temporary moons
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TIL 'Taco Tuesday' has been a registered trademark since 1989 by a Wyoming based fast-food company named Taco John's and they have defended against other establishments using the phrase.
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TIL about Peggy Frank, a longtime U.S. postal carrier, who died of hyperthermia while delivering mail in 117 degree weather. Most of the US Postal Services' 230,000 vehicles do not have air conditioning.
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TIL that penicillin was so scarce and precious before 1944 that it was extracted from the patients’ urine to be re-used
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TIL: Before Anyone Was Called a 'Benedict Arnold', They Were Called 'An Errant George Downing'; Downing Street is Named for Him
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TIL In the 1950s, U.S. poultry firms dumped turkey tails into Samoa markets. Filled with oil used to preen itself, turkey tails are 75% fat and are frequently washed down with a cold Budweiser. Due to its ties to the obesity epidemic, Samoan officials banned turkey tail imports in 2007.