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TIL that Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, had no middle name. His middle initial “S” was not short for anything, but was chosen to honor both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young.

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x6l7b TIL: The movie 'Last Christmas', is based on the 1984 Wham! song written by George Michael, and the story setting is Christmas 2017. With that perspective in mind, "last Christmas" would mean December 25, 2016, which is the exact same day that George Michael died.
mYPR TIL That a chinese food scandal resulted in some pork glowing blue in darkness. The meat still edible, and was soon dubbed “avatar-meat”
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XEla8 TIL about a pilot who ejected in a thunderstorm and took 40 minutes to land
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