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TIL people used to iron their newspapers to set the ink. That way they wouldn't turn their fingers black.

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1DmD TIL that Richard Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to give himself a better chance in the 1968 U.S. Presidential election, prolonging the war by 5 years.
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