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TIL former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas claimed that people acting on the orders of President Richard Nixon were trying to plant marijuana in his yard so that they could stage a televised raid and force him to retire from the court, with his replacement appointed by Nixon.

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GAK5N TIL the Man-Eaters of Njombe were a pride of 15 lions that killed hundreds of people (perhaps as many as 1,500) between 1932-1947 in Tanzania. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.
R78M1 TIL even though diamonds are the hardest material known to man, they can be smashed and shattered by a hammer because hardness only determines how scratch resistant something is, not how strong it is.
VKP0 TIL that doctors before the eleventh century would drink the urine of their patients to determine whether or not they had diabetes. A sugary taste indicated the person was diabetic.
8yKL TIL that the word ‘infant’ comes from the Latin word 'infans’, meaning “unable to speak” or “speechless”
pnnQ TIL Bruce Willis is half German, and was born in West Germany.