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TIL that US president Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge used to buzz for his secret service and then would hide under his desk while they frantically searched for him

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69mdm TIL that owls have long necks under all their feathers
6EplY TIL : The factorial of a number is the result of the multiplication of the numbers preceding it and the number itself like : 5! = 12345 = 120
WkyoL TIL Saddam Hussein kept a plaque that said "Three Whom God Should Not Have Created: Persians, Jews, and Flies" on his desk.
jmPj TIL that “Himalayan” salt is actually mined in the Punjabi foothills of Pakistan, about 160 mi away from the mountain range. Also the pink color is caused by iron oxide aka rust. So a more accurate name would be Punjabi rust salt.
M77xB TIL evidence of the world’s oldest forest, dating back 385 million years, has been discovered in an abandoned quarry in upstate New York, according to a new study published in Current Biology.