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TIL that in 1952 Albert Einstein was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel. He declined, saying that as a scientist trained to deal with objective facts, he lacked the aptitude and experience to deal with people.

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OGa7 TIL the Egyptian king Psamitk I led an experiment to discover the origin of all languages by isolating two new-born babies, then waited for them to begin speaking unaided. It was agreed Phrygian was the original language of Mankind.
M8l7 TIL Tom Waits successfully sued Frito Lay for over $2million for their commercial illegally using one of his songs which, ironically, was written as an indictment of advertising.
97mp TIL a former slave ship captain wrote the song “Amazing Grace.”
16Gwr TIL that Jeffrey Dahmer photobombed nearly every group photo for the school yearbook and was finally caught when taking a picture with National Honor Society
ANpk7 TIL On october 5, 2022, in Idaho, USA, David Rush managed to hold and light 150 candles simultaneously in his mouth. David had previously held this record title. He reclaimed it at the Discovery Center of Idaho Science Center to promote STEM education