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TIL Adlai Stevenson I and Charles W. Fairbanks are the only Vice Presidents that were candidates for a non-consecutive term for Vice President.

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VpKp TIL in 1983, pioneering urologist Sir Giles Skey Brindley injected himself with an erectile dysfunction medication in order to prove its effectiveness. He showed off his resulting erection at an academic conference, even approaching the audience members for them to closely inspect his “results”.
neBv9 TIL In 2000, one of the worst peacetime submarines accidents ever took place off the coast of Russia. A huge explosion sank the giant nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, killing most of its crew and stranding nearly two dozen survivors hundreds of feet underwater.
69yDY TIL Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis. Today, insect eating is uncommon in North America and Europe, but insects remain a popular food elsewhere, and some companies are trying to introduce insects as food into Western diets.
5OGk TIL that you could bankrupt a country by flooding it with mail, essentially forcing it to hire a horde of mailmen
x9D7 TIL 14th US President Franklin Pierce, When the Democratic party decided not to re-nominate Pierce after his first term in office, he told reporters, “There’s nothing left but to get drunk.”