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TIL George Washington decided to step down after two terms because he feared he might die in office and Americans would then view the presidency as a lifetime appointment

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KYZpJ TIL that Margaret Dickson was hanged in 1724, but was later found to be still alive. She was then released because, under Scots Law, her punishment had been carried out. The words 'until dead' were only added to the sentence of hanging later.
8GbG TIL that after a nuclear disaster in Japan in 1999, the operating company declined government funds and paid compensation itself based not on a legal liability but rather its moral responsibility.”
9J96 TIL forged paintings can efficiently be tested for by identifying the isotopes cesium-137 and strontium-90 because they did not exist in nature before the nuclear bombings in 1945.
x0vw TIL JFK commanded a 19 Year old intern to perform oral sex on a white house aide.
9wZrB TIL that when U.S. General George S. Patton died in late 1945, the French government offered to bury him beside Napoleon in Paris out of gratitude for his role in the liberation of France and western Europe.