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TIL the first banned book in the US was Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan” published in 1637, which was sympathetic to Native Americans and critical of the Puritans

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m1N0o TIL President Bush Sr was a WWII bomber pilot and was shot down over the Pacific ocean. Flew 58 missions when survival expectancy was only 12.
yQgWe TIL jumper cables were invented in 1863 by a man named William Jumper. They were originally invented to restart batteries for mechanical devices, and have become an essential tool to have in most vehicles today.
ANw9l TIL that Yuki Togashi, captain of Japan men's national basketball team, is only 1,68 m (5'6 ft) tall.
PY8xw TIL The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers has a “Fort Knox” vault of Maple Syrup. A barrel is worth about $1,200 or $2.88 per pound which is 10-18 times the value of U.S. crude oil.
1omP TIL that Bhutan is the only country to have officially adopted gross national happiness instead of the gross domestic product as the main development indicator