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TIL that goldfish have a longer attention span than the average human

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Rvlj TIL Theodore Roosevelt became blind in one eye from an injury suffered during a boxing match, while he was still in office
yQKGw TIL of Jeanne de Clisson. After her husband was beheaded by the french, she sold all of her land and holdings to fund a pirate army. She hunted and destroyed all the French ships that they could. When she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.
PYyMV TIL that during Vostok 4, Russian cosmonaut Pavel Popovich said that he was able to observe thunderstorms from his spacecraft. However, he forgot that the Russian word for thunderstorms was the agreed upon code word for extreme nausea requiring immediate landing, and his mission was cut short.
BYxd TIL Doc McGhee, long time manager of Bon Jovi and other popular bands, was convicted of trafficking 40,000 lbs of Marijuana. After Jon Bon Jovi penned a hand written letter to the judge, McGhee only received probation.
OoB91 TIL that there is a disaster scenario where North Korea starts blasting satellites out of the air just out of spite, ruining communications for the entire world