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TIL that Tahiti is the first and only nation other than Australia and New Zealand to win the OFC Men’s Nations Cup

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wL7wW TIL of Farley Files, created by Roosevelt's Campaign Manager, James Farley. They were notes about everyone FDR ever met (e.g. spouse's name, hobbies, prior meeting notes). Farley & FDR would review the files prior to any meeting and the effect was powerful and intimate for visitors.
QJd4d TIL that John Pierre-Adams, a French footballer, has been in a coma since 1982 due to a fault caused by an anesthesiologist during a surgery. His wife continues to care for him and refuses to consider euthanasia.
byA9 TIL an 80 year old woman was killed in a Brazilian clinic when a student nurse accidentally administered coffee and milk through her IV line.
j6e5N TIL That Entemann's was forced to change its packages for some products when a dam burst destroying 5000 tons of packaging, and the equipment that made it.
NDjM TIL that not once in Humpty Dumpty does it refer to him as an egg.