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TIL Bill Paxton can be seen in photos being held above the crowd as a boy on the day that John F Kennedy was assassinated.

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E1KMV TIL The Jain temple of Kolanpak in India is home to a 5-foot (1.5 m) high sculpture of Mahavira that is carved entirely out of jade. It is the largest sculpture made from a single jade rock in the world.
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6bdW TIL since Ronald Reagan, each outgoing United States president has left a private message on the Oval Office desk for the incoming president on Inauguration Day.
WkOQd TIL of the Cokeville Elementary School Hostage Crisis. Where David Young stormed into a school with his wife, armed a bomb, and held 70+ students hostage. After 2 hours the bomb went off, but due to a series of coincidences, all hostages survived. Children later reported seeing angels.
6E9p8 TIL Dr. Burzynski a pioneering biochemist discovered a unique way of treating cancer patients with Antineoplastons thereafter enduring an ongoing ordeal against the FDA, The Texas Medical Board, The National Cancer Institute & other federal agencies.