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TIL in 2018 Nabisco freed its animal cracker mascots from their cages, changing a box design that was used since 1902.

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EeWV TIL that Dick Stuart, one of the worst defensive players in baseball history, once recieved a standing ovation for successfully grabbing a loose hot dog wrapper out of the air.
nW5QP TIL that Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher, was exiled for claiming the moon was just a rock, not a deity.
1aYPd TIL that Placenta is a flat cake from ancient Greece and Rome consisting of many dough layers interspersed with a mixture of cheese and honey. It is flavoured with bay leaves, baked and then covered in honey. The temporary fœtal organ was named after this cake thanks to its flat round shape.
Zk5p TIL Neanderthals had much better teeth than humans due to having an almost entirely carbohydrate free diet.
OoL14 TIL Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to travel outside the US on official business. He went to Panama to inspect the ongoing construction of the Panama Canal, arriving there on November 14, 1906.