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TIL that Sammy Davis Jr. played the first black American president in 1933 when he was 8

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NKxP TIL there are only four original citrus species (pomelo, citron, mandarin, and papeda). All others (lemon, lime, grapefruit, etc.) are hybrids.
jNddX TIL of the Half Way to Hell Club, an exclusive club organized by the men who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in 1936 and 1937 and were saved by the safety nets.
Wk8Yd TIL a new kind of artificial cornea successfully restored sight in a 78-year-old man. The surgery uses a lens which can more easily replace damaged tissue in a simpler surgery. Immediately after the surgery, the patient was able to recognize family members and read numbers on an eye chart.
4XAJJ TIL federal prisoners in Brazil can reduce their sentence by 4 days per book they read and write an essay on. They can read up to 12 works of literature, philosophy, science or classics to trim a maximum 48 days off their sentence each year.
eNpn TIL that a freshman girl at Columbine escaped from the cafeteria when the shooting began. Eight years later she was a graduate student at Virginia Tech during the shooting there.