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TIL that as the chair of the RNC, George HW Bush asked Richard Nixon to resign.

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69E58 TIL the cruise ship MS Oasis of the Seas gets a gas mileage of 437 gallons per mile (gpm), or 12 feet per gallon
16eN7 TIL that in 1922, doctors administered a new treatment insulin to a ward full of diabetic children in comas. One by one, they injected each child. By the time they reached the last bed, the first child had already started to wake up. It was a turning point in medical history.
VR68 TIL an orca from Seaworld named Kandu V, attempted to bite a newcomer ocra, but broke her own jaw and bled to death in front of thousands
5VMVB TIL Travis, the chimpanzee that was famous for ripping a woman’s face off, also was struck by a bottle thrown by a pedestrian, at a stop light, before unbuckling his seatbelt, jumping out the window, and chasing the man on foot then disappearing for several hours.
6EnWZ TIL "The Way" by Fastball, a classic 90's jam, is about an old couple with Alzheimer's that died while driving from TX to AR.