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TIL that Kermit the Frog was inducted into the Library of Congress in their National Recording Registry for his song "The Rainbow Connection."

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R7WNa TIL the last battle between British and US forces on American soil took place in Alabama in 1815. The British abandoned their assault on Mobile when HMS Brazen arrived with news of a peace treaty.
VMawp TIL of the Winterberg tunnel; which , during WW1 was sealed shut by French artillery fire trapping the 270 German soldier inside. Over the next six days, as oxygen ran out, they either suffocated or took their own lives. Some asked comrades to kill them. The tunnel has just been discovered.
8aEpK TIL that switching from leaded to unleaded fuel in the 1970’s has been linked to a 56% decrease in violent crime during the 1990’s.
Q816 TIL Brendenn Bremmer was a genius–started reading as a toddler, played piano at age 3, delivered a high school commencement speech at age 10, and breezed through college courses with an IQ of 178–who committed suicide at age 14 with no warning signs of depression and no explanation or suicide note
WkbVo TIL that the second most-dangerous consumer product category in the United States is beds, pillows and mattresses, which hurt 942,000 people in 2019. The most dangerous category is stairs, ramps, landings and floors, which injured 3.1 million.