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TIL The spice saffron is approximately worth its weight in gold

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N71YN TIL when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, they had about 15 seconds of fuel left.
gMel4 TIL that the most expensive manuscript in existence is the Codex Leicester, a notebook written by Leonardo Da Vinci. When adjusted for inflation, it is worth $53 million and is currently owned by Bill Gates. The original Book of Mormon and a Letter from Zeng Gong to his friend follow in 2nd and 3rd.
epMan TIL Conjoined triplets are among the rarest of human malformations, as are asymmetric or parasitic conjoined twins. In addition to some historical descriptions, only three attested clinical cases of symmetric conjoined triplets have been published to date.
xVwRb Today I learned about the State of Muskogee. A short lived sovereign state in Florida designed to protect the Native Americans of the Seminole and Muscogee tribes. The leader, William Augustus Bowles, envisioned it to grow to also protect the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes as well.
pYeMO TIL Matthew Hopkins was Witch Finder General of England who hanged more "witches" than any other witch hunter.