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TIL that the Postmaster general is the second highest paid government official after the President

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e0Prn TIL In the original airing of the Simpsons episode "Team Homer", there is a shot of a trophy case holding an Academy Award Homer has stolen from actor Haing S. Ngor. Ngor was murdered a month after airing, and was changed for syndication due to it implying Homer murdered Ngor to steal the statue.
neXPb TIL cocaine and nicotine have been found in the hair of ancient Egyptian mummies
BrBZr TIL '4-F' is a classification given to someone indicating they are “not acceptable for service in the Armed Forces” for any number of reasons. It originated in the Civil War and was used to disqualify army recruits who did not have four front teeth with which to tear open gunpowder packages.
pEMO TIL that an African man won a court case in the 1650s that let him keep another African, John Castor, as his slave. That means that the first legally recognized owner of a permanent slave in America was an African man.
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