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TIL: about the African Free School founded by members of the New York Manumission Society including: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Noah Webster.

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kJk6B TIL of US Congressman Francis E. Walter, who during WW2 decided to present President Roosevelt with a letter-opener made from a bone in the arm of a Japanese soldier
OGbQX TIL in 2012 a woman discovered that her ex-boyfriend from 12 years ago had been living in her attic for about two weeks. Her adult sons & nephew found him asleep in the back of the attic which caused him to flee. They also saw he had rigged the ceiling vents so he could watch her in her bedroom.
rNGB4 TIL Human feet are being found on the beach in the Pacific North West of the United States. So far there have been 20 random feet in the past couple of decades.
Broke TIL that once a Queen ant has mated she nips off her wings and uses the energy from the flight muscles and fat reserves to lay her first batch of eggs before eating weeks later. She stores the sperm acquired during her nuptial flight for decades continuing to lay fertilised eggs for her entire life.
x6MP1 TIL about the Atlantic Conveyor, a cargo ship used during the defense of the Falkland Islands that was sank by 2 Exocet missiles. It carried almost all the helicopters and supplies for the ground troops, making for hard conditions for the British troops.