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TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed in 1784 to end slavery in all the territories, but his bill lost in Congress by one vote.

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yxGl TIL Acetaminophen/Paracetamol’s painkiller and anti-anxiety effects are because it enhances natural cannabinoids’ action in the brain
R5nwa TIL that despite having brains the size of poppy seeds, bees are able to recognize and remember human faces. In a study, researchers paired images of human faces with sugar-laced water, and bees were able to recognize and remember the faces even when the reward was no longer present.
DQGVP TIL of Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche who was a Haitian engineer, nephew of the then President of Haiti and was the sole black man on the Titanic.
9dQX TIL: We have Motion-induced blindness (just stare at the dot in the middle for 10 sec)
E1DW TIL Macaulay Culkin, child star of the Home Alone films, bought Marilyn Manson his first pack of cigarettes during the filming of Party Monster in 2003. He said he thought this ironic as Manson is meant to be seen as an ‘anarchist’ and it’s Culkin corrupting him.