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TIL that Samuel Morse was inspired to create "Morse code" while returning from a failed tour as a painter

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xVDog TIL Turkey eggs have a richer taste than chicken eggs and were considered a delicacy by the Navajo. They are rare today only because turkeys do not yield as many eggs and cost more to house and feed.
X0Mrr TIL Manatees congregate in the warm springs around Florida and also near power plants. Swimming with a manatee in winter is now officially on my bucket list.
nWvXG TIL that Charles V, at the height of his reign, controlled Spain, southern Italy, the Holy Roman Empire, Burgundy, and Spanish America. This was the first empire to called "the empire on which the sun never sets".
nWGy9 TIL in 1982, 7 people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. James William Lewis sent an extortion letter to Johnson & Johnson, demanding $1 million to "stop the killings." While he was convicted of extortion, he was never charged with the murders.
PG0n TIL that a Texan gun manufacturer turned a real Glock into the Nintendo gun from ‘Duck Hunt’