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TIL that President Harry S Truman’s middle name is just the letter S

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neZnY TIL that a fire destroyed several buildings, but left a Carl's Jr. unscathed. The Carl's Jr. employees began making 165 burgers for the firemen, but the heat from the grilling meat caught the restaurant on fire.
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