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TIL the Temple University Owls mascot was chosen because Temple began as a night school for young people of limited means

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ANLEn TIL that Stephen Lee was one of three anti-Apartheid activists who escaped from Pretoria Prison in 1979. In 1980, the warden in charge that night was put on trial for aiding their escape. Lee wrote a letter to a South African newspaper proclaiming his innocence. The warden was eventually acquitted.
yJAl TIL splenda was discovered when a foreign graduate student was told to test a chlorinated sugar compound. He thought he was asked to “taste” it, so he did. It was later found to be safe to eat.
4XjWw TIL that a box of negatives discovered by Dutch history buff Jo Teeuwisse at an Amsterdam flea market more than 10 years back led to a one-of-a-kind project where dramatic photo manipulations put WW2 American soldiers in the exact same spots — in modern-day.
neJjB TIL Andrew Jackson, face of the $20 bill, made it the goal of his administration to destroy the National Bank. He even cautioned the public about paper money in his farewell address.
PKNw TIL that in June 1983 British Sea Harrier pilot Sub-Lt Ian Watson lost radio contact with his ship and with one minute of fuel remaining landed his aircraft on the deck of an unsuspecting cargo ship