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TIL 3 of the first 5 US presidents died on July 4th.

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kOePd TIL In 1952, President Truman gave the first televised tour of the White House. He explained its history, stopped in front of paintings and furniture to tell stories, and even played the Steinway piano in the East Room
eolE TIL that In 1965, a four-year-old nearly drowned at a beach, but was rescued by a woman named Alice Blaise. 9 years later, that boy saved a man at the same beach. That man was Alice’s husband.
d8rpZ TIL Romanian sewer workers accidentally discovered a cave which was sealed for 5.5 million years. Movile Cave is filled with evolutionary distinct exotic creatures (albino crabs, worms) which feed off sulfur-producing bacteria
lGgK TIL Star War’s BB-8 droid patent revealed by Spanish fans that uses sensors (gyroscopes and accelerometers) to determine its position and dynamics.
548D TIL in 2006, a man threw a mouse into a fire; the mouse fled the fire and ran into the man’s home, setting it ablaze.