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TIL up to a quarter of California smog originates in China

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pmAA TIL that Fred Trump, the father of Donald Trump, was best known as one of a small number of major builders of middle class housing in New York after WWII. His estate at his time of death was estimated at up to $300 million, but he did not believe in displays of wealth.
1akaP TIL of archaeophytes, non-native plants that were introduced into new areas by people in ancient times.
nVoP TIL that when Napoleon emancipated the Jews he stated that “I will never accept any proposals that will obligate the Jewish people to leave France, because to me the Jews are the same as any other citizen in our country”
ADDpd TIL that on average at peak production, one horse can output 14.9 horsepower.
QByd TIL that in the late 1700s, a king of India developed rocket artillery that fired swords in order to fight the British.