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TIL Emilio Estévez almost died in quicksand as a teen.

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EA7x TIL the US Patent Office building was the only major government building to survive the British burning of Washington DC during the War of 1812.Superintendent Dr. William Thorton persuaded the British that they’d be destroying the shared intellectual record of mankind if the patents were burned
arZM TIL that during the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongols celebrated a victory over the Russians by laying survivors on the ground, dropping a heavy wooden gate on them, and then having a victory banquet on top of it while the victims suffocated and were crushed to death
9PlM TIL Woodrow Wilson remains the only U.S. president to earn a Ph.D., and the only political scientist to become president.
rNKGd TIL why the Colombian government is blowing up oil refineries.
akLo TIL that the price of gold is determined by a very small number of banks, who also happen to be gold traders.