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TIL Richard Nixon was an excellent poker player. He was so good that his first campaign for the House of Representatives was mostly funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.

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pRgQ TIL - Canada mints coins for 60+ foreign countries
PQ6O TIL execution by elephant was commonly used in South and Southeast Asia for centuries because, unlike the horse, the elephant has no qualms about killing humans, and can be trained in detail: told to make the death quick and merciful (crush the head) or prolonged and painful (tear limb from limb)
7WlM TIL that Rochus Misch, at the age of 95, is the last person alive to have known Hitler personally and the last survivor from the Führerbunker.
P1OPZ TIL in 2009, BlackBerry held 56% of the U.S. smartphone market, Fortune magazine ranked RIM as the fastest growing company, and the BlackBerry Curve was the best-selling smartphone in the U.S.
Z8nJG TIL splash back from a pee stream can be virtually eliminated by decreasing one’s pee stream distance to approximately 13cm/5.2in as it prevents the formation of droplets through Plateau-Rayleigh instability.