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698LZ TIL about Tarrare, a French spy and Performer who had such an appetite he would eat live cats and puppies, cadavers from morgues and was even suspected of kidnapping and eating a baby. He would also eat from heaps of dung in the street and as a spy, the entire army's rations.
nVG9 TIL the phrase “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up” is a registered trademark of Life Alert.
7vxP TIL that 80% of males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 did not survive World War II.
VBVPp TIL that Jimmy Carter is the only US President to serve a full term without nominating a Supreme Court justice
x6k8w TIL there is a town in Southern Utah called Mexican Hat. The name comes from a nearby rock formation that looks like a sombrero.