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TIL that the first female detective in the United States uncovered the 1861 Baltimore Plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln

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AD0Ra TIL Charlie Chaplin was into young girls. He fired an under aged girl from his movie after refusing to abort his child and narrowly escaped a sex scandal by marrying her in secret.
rNwjw TIL penguins penguins engage in prostitution in exchange for stones to build their nests
neYVP TIL about Lepersonnite, an extremely rare rare earth mineral only found in Shinkolobwe deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the only mineral in which the chemical element Gadolinium, otherwise too reactive to exist, is found in nature. 400 tonnes of Gadolinium are produced yearly.
pG8G TIL the whoopee cushion was invented by a 14-year old Roman Emperor, who used it frequently on guests. He was assassinated by the time he was 18.
R7rA6 TIL that we pronounce Arkansas differently than Kansas because one (Arkansas) uses the french pronunciation and the other (Kansas) the english pronunciation of the same root word.