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TIL that Nathaniel Coe, a Whig politician, declined nomination to the United States Senate, instead choosing to serve as an inspector for the United States Postal Service.

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9KPD Today I Learned In 2000, a fight broke out while Zevon was performing “Werewolves of London” at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Zevon stopped, waited for the fight to end, said “I bet this never happens at Sting concerts,” and continued the song.
6Ek58 TIL that a UK documentary once showed video footage of an IRA group using Lybian weapons including a truck mounted Anti Aircraft gun, shooting down a British helicopter. The footage turned out to be from Arma2, a video game. The IRA really did blow up a helicopter in 1994, but with a mortar.
w8K1 TIL that there is a single Cashew tree in Natal, Brazil that has a mutation which allowed it to cover an area of 7500 square meters
LWR9 TIL Brazilian law requires every hotel to provide condoms to every guest
R8Yj TIL that Japan’s Shinkansen high speed rail system has never had a fatal accident in nearly five decades of service.