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TIL that Benjamin Franklin was not trusted to write the Declaration of Independence as they were afraid he would write a joke in it.

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4kExJ TIL that the Battle of Paoli, a British victory against America is often falsely deemed a massacre where British troops took no prisoners. Actually they took many American prisoners, but the British use of bayonet made the battle very bloody.
gr9w8 TIL pee can be mixed with lunar dust to make sturdy space cement that could hold 10 times its own weight
lvma TIL that Danish scientists have developed cress that turns red when grown near unexploded landmines
WPRN TIL: When the wife of industrialist James Couzens asked for a pearl box, he donated the equivalent to $14M to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. In her empty box was a note saying, “Your new pearls will be all the children who are eventually treated there”.
Owj4 TIL Alpacas can die of loneliness, when bought they always need to be bought in pairs.