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TIL Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone lists some of his greatest accomplishments, but leaves out the fact that he was the President of the United States.

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4kRlX TIL in 2002, Golan Cipel was appointed as counselor to the Governor of New Jersey, a $110,000-a-year job. NJ officials were baffled how he got the job with virtually no qualifications. It was later uncovered that Cipel was the Governor's secret male lover.
Lk8QV TIL that before being transferred to Alcatraz, notorious mobster Al Capone's mind had begun failing due to complications with syphilis. He was frequently bullied by his fellow inmates in East State Penitentiary and his cellmate feared that Capone would have a mental breakdown.
69XBX TIL this is P52, a fragment of the Gospel of John written in Greek. The exact date is debated, but the consensus is that it was written around the year AD 125, implying that the Gospels were written down earlier during the first century, when the Apostles still preached (Translation down below)
WwXY TIL A Neurosurgeon, Dr. Robert White, performed a successful head transplant of a monkey in the 1970’s. The monkey could hear, smell, taste and feel for several minutes.
Qdmd TIL the father of Alexander Dumas was the highest-ranking person of color of all time in a European army