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TIL that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farts.

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ZVpD TIL that Russians may have prevented France and England from entering the American Civil War
7vnL TIL one of the world’s oldest recorded jokes dates to 1600 B.C. and is included in a political treatise inscribed on a roll of papyrus: “How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish”.
Wk9pN TIL that T-shirts have only existed since the late 1800's, and were not considered fashionable stand-alone garments until the 1950's when Marlon Brando wore one in the film "A Streetcar Named Desire"
ZplJQ TIL a British communist in New Zealand released 15,000+ invasive fish using his Ford Zephyr he’d converted with fish tanks. He permanently damaged waterways and ecosystems
1aNQX TIL that Pluto is so cold that it's covered in frozen Nitrogen ice. About 800,000 years ago, it may have been warm enough to have liquid Nitrogen flowing across its surface in lakes and rivers.