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TIL Thomas Jefferson included a paragraph in the Declaration of Independence condemning the King of Great Britain for slavery, but it was ultimately deleted.

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6EOPJ TIL the worlds biggest operator of luxury cruises emitted more sulphur dioxides than all of Europes cars...multiplied by ten.
nWvJ7 TIL that Doctor Seuss coined the word “nerd”
kOBM1 TIL there is a philosophical concept called the explanatory gap which is used to describe the inability to describe concepts. For instance, it is impossible to describe a color to a blind person and have them accurately understand and visualize that color.
rRDby TIL Ken & Barbie were originally modeled after their founder's children. So Ken & Barbie were kind of...siblings.