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TIL that on the day he was assassinated at least nine of Kennedy’s Secret Service agents were recovering from an all night bender that ended at 5:00 AM

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oBgp8 TIL Rage Against The Machines first live performance was October 23, 1991 at Cal State Northridge. Still one of the greatest rock bands ever.
x6PP1 TIL that the spiny dogfish has one of the longest pregnancies on Earth, lasting up to two years.
YEGv TIL that in Ancient Egypt, the deceased bodies of beautiful and high ranking women were left to decay for 3 to 4 days before being sent off for embalming. They did this to discourage necrophilia (sex with the dead).
e88k TIL King Tut was so insignificant as a pharoh that the Egypyians forgot where they buried him and accidently built another tomb on top of his. That’s why his wasn’t looted like every other known pharoh’s tomb.
a8oxJ TIL when a hive loses its queen, a common larvae is fed special food, Royal Jelly, triggering a biological transformation, giving her a larger body, functional ovaries, and a longer lifespan. DNA does not determine her destiny, it's nutrition.