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TIL all of the JFK files are scheduled to be opened by the end of October.

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vPedj TIL that the British colonizers set about defining 2,378 castes belonging to 43 “races,” by measuring the noses. They called it the "nasal index"
4kv1w TIL Tucker Carlson hosted a game show called "Do You Trust Me?" back in 2007. Six episodes of the show were filmed but none aired.
X01jk TIL the urban legend of a time capsule buried under the Georgia Guidestones was disproven after they were destroyed.
gM8XA TIL: According to Customs and Courtesies of the United States Marine Corps, it is inappropriate to salute "when within sight of the enemy"
Z8RPv TIL That 200 years ago, Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a whole basket of tomatoes outside a courthouse to prove that they were safe to eat and not posionous!