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TIL The Judge Who Sentenced Saddam Was Executed by ISIS

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LQpad TIL when Mike Meaney began his record attempt at being buried alive he neglected to tell his wife about his plan. She found out from listening to the radio. He staged workouts in a pub while in an oversized coffin, ate a diet of steak and cigarettes, and then spent 61 days buried alive
GY5pj TIL President Calvin Coolidge owned two lion cubs, named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau.
wKQ6 TIL The White House Correspondent’s Dinner was men-only until 1962, when JFK refused to attend unless women did.
nemdP TIL Barry J. Marshall thought the H. Pylori bacteria caused stomach ulcers, and tested it on himself, then treated himself after that, curing himself and winning a Nobel Prize.
wY9M TIL that the Gingko biloba tree species is 270 million years old, rarely suffers disease or insect attack and was one of the only living things to survive the Hiroshima nuclear bombing - the trees healed quickly and are still alive today.