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TIL that in 1999 a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned the letter to his widow, who was still alive.

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R7gGQ TIL 99.6% of all animals used and killed by humans in the U.S. are farmed animals
0wmvj TIL Best Writing CV/Resume Headline Hack
OooK1 TIL the Church of Latter-Day Saints took out ad space in the Playbill for "The Book of Mormon" stating “You’ve seen the play… now read the book.” and “The book is always better.”
R7dr4 TIL that in 2018, it cost 2.06 cents to make a penny. This means that the US Mint loses money from every penny they make (in 2018 they lost $90 million). Even more, this means that if you melted down a penny it would be worth more than its face value.
GA5R1 Today I learned the ancient Greeks performed tonsillectomies, using the “hook and knife” method with direct sunlight to visualize the inflamed tissue