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TIL That Ulysses S. Grant Came Up With Several Inventions Including An Iteration Of The Modern Flashlight

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8eEW8 TIL Wilt Chamberlain had 118 50+ point games in his NBA career. He also had more 50-point games in the 1961-62 season than any other player has had in their entire career.
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rKnw TIL that when the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was passed, only the birdseed industry successfully lobbied against it by arguing that hemp seeds gave birds shinier feathers than other seeds. Because of this, birdseed producers are legally allowed to import hemp seeds into the US (deactivated) today.