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TIL Ronald Reagan was 3,761 votes shy, in Minnesota, of winning every state in the 1984 Presidential Election.

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NR48 TIL Cotard Delusion is a rare mental illness in which the affected person holds the belief that they are already dead, do not exist, or have lost their blood or internal organs.
g1mA TIL the Kinsey Institute discovered that the correlation between cuddling frequency and overall relationship satisfaction was higher in men than in women. Men DO like to cuddle.
wBpo TIL that in the original story Pinocchio squished the cricket to shut it up. It continued nagging him as a ghost.
wLZnP TIL, “Meatless Monday” was originated by the FDA in WWI to help support the war effort, by limiting the need to ration by the military, and feed the people of Europe.
nWJmY TIL about Jesse James biopic made in 1927. His light-hearted portrayal was found inaccurate by those who still remembered him as a vicious murderer, and the movie failed.