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TIL The daughter of President Richard Nixon married the grandson of President Eisenhower.

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9wrWp TIL there is no correlation between current AI progress and unemployment (for now)
eJk4 TIL that Benjamin Franklin enjoyed the company of older women to such an extent, he wrote a letter explaining why it he should make one his mistress. He backed his reasoning by pointing out older women couldn’t have children and that the sex could be just as good.
95Op TIL wasps have facial recognition skills on par with humans.
ne8K9 TIL about the Irish bank strikes. About a year in total, economists predicted a massive economic catastrophe; however, "The effect on the Irish economy was surprisingly small, as Irish citizens traded cheques among themselves based on mutual trust, effectively substituting them for cash."
geRA TIL that certain Popeye’s locations in the South serve fried chicken livers. They aren’t the healthiest option - one serving of Popeye’s chicken livers contains a whopping 765mg of cholesterol. (For reference, eating a stick of butter would be 243mg of cholesterol.)