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TIL Corn was genetically engineered by farmers thousands of years ago

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Br4nx TIL about the Prussian Scheme which was a rumored attempt in 1786 to establish a monarchy in the U.S. ruled by Prince Henry of Prussia.
aw8A0 TIL that as of October 2017, John Tyler the 10th president of the U.S. who was born in 1790, has two living grandchildren
woeJ6 TIL the 1871 Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin was the most deadly in US history, killing up to 2,500. It's mostly forgotten because of another fire that occured the same day, the Great Chicago Fire.
5VQjQ TIL the word dumpster wasn't added to the Scrabble dictionary until 2022 due to it being a trademark before.
DQmpg TIL that as a child star, Jackie Coogan earned up to $4m (equivalent to around $91m today) but by age 21, he found most of it had been spent by his mother and stepfather. He sued in 1938 and received only $126,000. This case resulted in the 1939 enactment of the California Child Actor's Bill.