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TIL that a member of the Manson family attempted to kill president Gerald R. Ford

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v1RK TIL a jefferson county teacher was suspended after he replied to a student calling him a Nigga" “Nigga This, Nigga that, Nigga please, can you hand a nigga a pencil”
8dAX TIL of Joe Arridy, a man with an IQ of 46 and the “happiest prisoner on death row.” He spent his time on death row playing with a toy train, and he went into the gas chamber with a smile.
xVMY7 TIL that the 0.56% unpure part of Ivory soap consisted of uncombined alkali, carbonates and mineral matter. The rest is all fatty acids and combined alkali.
9WP7 TIL that the Normandy beach landing scene in Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan cost $12Million alone, employed use of over 1,500 extras and has been rated ‘the best battle scene of all time’ by Empire magazine
bOn9 TIL Jeff Baxter, guitarist for Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, and The Doobie Brothers is now a U.S. defense consultant and anti-terrorism expert.