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TIL Vice President Andrew Johnson gave his inaugural address while drunk

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VMGPQ TIL that the CEO of Discord is Jewish
LQjGm TIL that Max Born, one of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics, is the grandfather of Olivia Newton-John
QNKjk TIL that during the Vietnam War (1960), the US military formed a unique partnership with dolphins and sea lions, training them to detect underwater mines and enemy divers.
DQX5v TIL Coal-fired power plants produce more radioactive waste than nuclear power plants
pYZye TIL about John Birges Sr., who decided to recuperate his heavy gambling losses by planting a bomb in Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Casino to extort $10 million in 1980. The FBI ultimately failed to defuse the bomb “unlike any we’d seen before” and it exploded 34 hours later.