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TIL prior to Ronald Reagan’s surgery after his assassination attempt, he removed his oxygen mask to joke, “I hope you are all Republicans.” Joseph Giordano, a liberal Democrat, replied, “Today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans.”

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QJdML TIL that there's an eco friendly variation to standard cremation - hydro cremation. The process utilizes a mix of water and sodium to break down the soft tissue of a body, and the bones are then pulverized to be given to the family. It doesn't utilize formaldehyde, nor does it relase green house gas
VMdbm TIL In 1842, Abraham Lincoln publicly chastised James Shields in the course of a debate about banking in Illinois. The ridicule led Shields to challenge Lincoln to a duel in which the victor took the opponents' life and pride. On the duel-day, they called a truce with the bystanders' encouragement.
4xa6 TIL that during the 1988 purges in Iran, women were lashed for missing their daily prayers. When one woman died after 22 days and 550 lashes, the authorities certified her death as suicide because it was ‘she who had made the decision not to pray’.
x4ng TIL that a British politician failed to tip a waitress a week before an election. As a result, fourteen waiters who had been planning to vote him decided to vote for his opponent instead. He lost by twelve votes.
PYrBV TIL: It's believed that Johnny Appleseed's apples were not edible. and the reason that he was welcomed in every cabin in Ohio and Indiana is that he brought with him the gift of apple cider alcohol.