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TIL the Easter Island heads also have bodies.

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gbX4 TIL that HMS Erebus, part of Franklin expedition lost for nearly 170 years was found near the island called in Inuit language “The big boat sank here” (14:30 in podcast)
X4b6 TIL When Ronald Reagan was recovering from being shot, he entertained his nurses all night with jokes instead of resting, annoying his doctors.
nWWJW TIL that Wheeler, Virginia is closer to the capital of 9 other states than it is to its own state capital
4ZOw TIL in 2004, there were three major computer virus authors at “war” with each other. They were the Netsky, Bagle and Mydoom worms. Netsky was most famous for comments within the code insulting the authors of the other viruses and, in some cases, routines that removed versions of the other viruses.
pDnG TIL Jimmy Carter pardoned all Vietnam draft dodgers almost immediately after taking office