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TIL that William Howard Taft who served as the 27th President of the United States over 100 years ago was the last President to have facial hair while in office

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WRkX TIL a man survived in a sunken ship for nearly three days, 270 feet underwater, in pitch darkness, while listening to fish eat the corpses of his shipmates.
p87GZ TIL of an old brand of cigarettes named "Death". Slogans on the packaging included phrases such as "Let Us Be The Nail In Your Coffin", "The Grim Reaper Don't Come Cheaper", and "Cigarettes are addicting and debilitating. If you don't smoke, don't start. If you do smoke, quit."
XD0j TIL that ~47% of Italians are functionally illiterate
Vya8 TIL it is possible to literally sweat blood. Under extreme emotional or physical stress blood vessels that feed sweat glands can rupture, causing the glands to exude blood.
9wYw6 TIL - David Lee Roth (Front Man of Van Halen in the early 80's) Paid His Road Crew $100 For Every Woman They Brought Him Backstage