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TIL The “Do Nothing Congress” that Truman ran against passed 802 more bills than the current congress.

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d85Md TIL Ancient Egyptian mummies were discovered to have traces of Nicotine, Hashish and Cocaine. The Coca Plant being native at the time to South America leads to speculation of trans-oceanic transport in ancient times.
5WO8 TIL that Mao never brushed his teeth and that by the time of his death, his teeth were covered in a green film.
KOadJ TIL that the F-Word in English likely stems from the Latin word Pugnare, which means to Hit as opposed to common misconception of Fornication Under the Command of King
69EX7 TIL the world record distance for walking barefoot over Lego is 8.9km, held by Sonny Molina
nWpd TIL that there is a Chinese poem named “Lion- Eating Poet in the Stone Den” in which every syllable is the same, just in different tones.