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TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote his State of the Union messages, instead of delivering them in a speech like George Washington. All presidents followed Jefferson’s lead until Woodrow Wilson resurrected Washington’s precedent in 1913.

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Bgg8b TIL about Sokushinbutsu, a practice of self-mummification observed by Japanese Buddhist monks. The monks would follow a strict starvation diet until abstaining from eating altogether in order to lose as much body fat and moisture as possible. They would finally be locked in a tomb while still alive.
xNlw TIL Originally all humans were lactose intolerant, and those who aren’t lactose intolerant are the ones with a mutation.
a809A TIL that ww2 veteran, Matt Urban, a Medal of Honor and 7x Purple Heart recipient. Died from complications brought on by war wounds in 1995, 49 years after being medically discharged from the army
BZmk TIL by weight fat is 15 times more energy dense than TNT.
Yprpv TIL that during the making of the Star Wars prequel films, Hayden Christensen had to be told be George Lucas to stop making lightsaber noises as they were filming battles.