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TIL that two men led a team of 80 people to collect over 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milk them for their silk, and create the rarest textile on earth: a golden silk cape

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jN69n TIL we call letters "uppercase" and "lowercase" because the original printing presses kept letter blocks in literal cases; since small letters were used more often, they kept them in the bottom case for easy access; thus, lowercase (and uppercase) were born.
Wkd5d TIL JFK’s senior thesis, which defends Britain’s pre-WWII actions, actions JFK’s father, Ambassador to Britain at the time, supported, sold 80000 copies. Political theorist Harold Laski declined writing a foreword, stating the book was immature and only being published because of the writer's father
wAbW TIL the Colorado state slogan is “Enter a Higher State”
d8MPK TIL during James K. Polk's presidential campaign, he pledged to leave office after one term. He got elected, left after one term, and then died 3 months later.
0wg4N TIL that there is a chicken breed which is entirely black from beak to bone and even its meat!