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TIL that banks used to print people’s social security numbers on their checks.

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Wk4A4 TIL Archimedes's cattle problem, a 2 millenium-old poem containing an arithmetical problem which involves computing the number of cattle the sun god's herd, was discovered in 1773. It took 107 years for it to be solved. The answer was 7.76x10^206544, more cattle than could fit in the universe.
rGWx TIL Vaginal Secretions contain a component found in shark livers called squalene. The chemical is also found in cosmetics as it is an excellent moisturizer that doesn’t leave the skin feeling greasy
GYVE1 TIL of slope point, the southernmost point of new Zealand. The wind in this area is so strong that trees grow almost sideways.
M7o8a TIL the "Tommy Gun" was the 1st weapon labelled a "submachine gun." It originally sold for $200 in 1921 and has since become a collector's item. Today a gun can fetch between $25K-$45K with a model believed to be owned by Bonnie & Clyde selling for $130K.
DX0g TIL the first black president in North America was Vicente Guerrero, the second president of the Republic of Mexico in 1829. He is known for abolishing slavery in Mexico forty years before Lincoln would do the same on the US.