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TIL Ben Franklin trolled rival almanac publisher Titan Leeds by predicting Leeds' death, down to the hour, in his Poor Richard's Almanac.

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9YQY7 TIL about the hidden holocaust, better known as the "Congo Horrors" caused by King Leopold II of Belgium. The magnitude of the population fall over the period is disputed, but it is thought to be as high as 15 million people.
Yp8QG TiL Chinese courts convict more than 99.9% of defendants
neJNr TIL in the early 1900s, Celery was considered a delicacy and one of the most popular foods in America. Kalamazoo was the Celery capital of the world.
e0v44 TIL Christopher Hitchens was appointed the devils advocate for Mother Thesesas beatification in 2003. Saying "I can thus claim to be the only living person to have represented the Devil pro bono"
0de01 TIL that in the thousands of years after the meteor killed off the dinosaurs, the planet was almost entirely dominated by ferns 🌿, and now scientists are trying to replicate the meteor strike in a greenhouse to figure out why!