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TIL the U.S. was almost a "socialist" country.

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BdMb TIL Mongol leader Genghis Khan never allowed anyone to paint his portrait, sculpt his image or engrave his likeness on a coin. The first images of him appeared after his death.
bEwZ TIL that a cancer patient’s insurance wouldn’t pay for her chemotherapy, but did offer to pay for her euthanasia.
ElyW TIL when George R.R. Martin was young, he wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles. The turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing each other off in “sinister plots”.
PYGDG TIL that the president of Adobe software. Was kidnapped and held for 4 days.
Zmgo TIL a man once required surgery for what doctors call “penile fracture” after “running across the room and trying to penetrate his wife with a flying leap.”