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TIL Every president has their own secure/private ZIP code that goes directly to their office

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gMAVW TIL in 1924, a Russian scientist started blood transfusion experiments, hoping to achieve eternal youth. After 11 blood transfusions, he claimed he had improved his eyesight and stopped balding. He died after a transfusion with a student suffering from malaria and TB (The student fully recovered).
QNe59 TIL that Morocco was the first country to formally recognize the United States as an independent nation in 1777. The Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, signed in 1786, is the longest unbroken treaty in U.S. history.
bOmE TIL Frank Zappa was approached by a crazed fan with a gun. Zappa persuaded him into walking with him, and numerous others. to a nearby lake. He then persuaded everyone present to start throwing things into the water, including the attacker, who threw in his gun.
9YMor TIL that there were "Human Zoo's" across Europe displaying Africans. The last one, in Belgium, was closed in 1958. To stop visitors from throwing too much candy to the captives, they put up a sign that said, 'the blacks are fed by the organizing committee.'
ZYLD TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, the niece of the Chairman of Scientology, David Miscavige, first learned about the story of Xenu from watching the “Trapped in the Closet” episode of South Park.