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TIL Louis Philippe II was the father of Louis Philippe I

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8GdZ TIL that Benjamin Franklin wasn’t trusted to write the Declaration of Independence as it was feared he would put a joke in it.
EgrbW TIL the first seal of Massachusetts Bay Colony showed a nude American Indian with a bush covering his groin, an arrow in his hand pointed down and a scroll over his mouth with the words "Come over and help us." This seal emphasized the missionary and commercial intentions of the first colonists.
kJo7 TIL: Bugs Bunny’s nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, originated in a scene in the film It Happened One Night, in which Clark Gable’s character leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full.
yQOZV TIL that originally, the classic banker's lamp had a green shade to lessen one's eyestrain due to early incandescent lights. The green eye visor commonly worn by accountants, telegraphers, and copy editors in the late-19th and mid-20th century were worn for similar reasons.
GYkXG TIL the very first US episode of Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares featured a restaurant owned by an actual mobster connected to the Bonanno crime family