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TIL that Henry Ford is largely responsible for American schoolchildren learning square dancing.

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8aVgP TIL that the heart can still beat outside the body for about 4 hours without medical intervention, that's because the heart is not regulated by the brain, the heartbeats are sparked by its own natural pacemaker.
9w8mr TIL “Scared Straight” interventions are ineffective and may in fact increase delinquency relative to no treatment at all
yVyye TIL that the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada was established in 1979 after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the previous Grenadian administration. Grenada was still a commonwealth realm during this time, making it a socialist state with Elizabeth II as its monarch.
wROE TIL that after his presidency, Harry Truman refused to join any corporate boards or do commercial endorsements, feeling that using the presidency for financial gain would diminish the integrity of the office. Congress eventually passed the Former Presidents Act to pay him a pension.
epv4k TIL: President (James) Garfield’s great-great-grandson, Richard Garfield, invented Magic The Gathering