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TIL There are secret poems written on Boston’s sidewalks that are only visible when it rains.

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8aamX TIL the author of Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown) died at 42 while showing a doctor how healthy she was feeling. She kicked up her leg, dislodging a blood clot which then travelled to her heart and killed her.
5VnLR TIL females can naturally produce breast milk without ever being pregnant
gMOV8 TIL chipping a stone ax like early humans did 1.8 million years ago activates the same brain circuits used by modern human musicians
rVOW TIL Curly from the Three Stooges suffered from social anxiety, alcoholism, and took solace in befriending stray dogs.
awAOy TIL about Bill Richmond, a black slave who fought alongside the British during the Revolutionary War. He later moved to England where he became one of the world's most famous bare-knuckle boxers. An articulate, respected man, he married a white woman and attended George IV’s coronation.