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TIL George Washington has over $300,000 in overdue library fines.

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neDkr TIL that Ebola was actually discovered by a "Congolese" doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe and not a doctor in "Belgium" named Peter Piot.
LkNrv TIL that cursive handwriting has already been removed from the curricula of 41 states.
6EYmQ TIL Plants are capable of complex decision-making
VMGYZ TIL Sacagawea, Native American kidnapped, enslaved and sold as a wife at age 12, helped guide the Lewis & Clark Expedition through the Rocky Mountains. Her route was later chosen as the optimal path for the Northern Pacific Railroad to cross the Continental Divide.
4LD6 TIL Franklin W. Dixon, author of The Hardy Boys, DOESN’T EXIST. It’s just a nom de plume given to various ghostwriters.