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TIL NYC was the capital of the United States between 1789 and 1790.

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KEJJ TIL that when Madeline L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, was asked if the film adaption met her expectations, she replied, “Yes, I expected it to be bad, and it is.”
5Vn6p TIL about the Manna of Saint Nicholas, a pleasant smelling liquid that is extracted from the remains of Saint Nicholas of Bari every year and is believed to help cure ailments by drinking the pure manna mixed with holy water or applying it the area of a body that is sick.
xVxlk TIL: it is illegal to import or possess a hamster as a pet in Australia
JYwOB TIL that the US Food & Drug Administration keeps extending the deadline for the biggest food chains to comply with nearly decade-old federal calorie disclosure laws
QXP9 TIL NASA had to relabel the penis sleeve for urinating in space suits from “small, medium, and large” to “large, gigantic, and humungous” because astronauts would only choose the large and they kept slipping off.