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TIL Richard Nixon wanted to be a rapper: “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.”

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OoaLL TIL that rescue dogs tasked with finding survivors at Ground Zero quickly became depressed because they weren't able to find any, causing their handlers to hide in the rubble and give the dogs someone to find.
16V0O TIL Kurt Godel, famous for his incompleteness theorems, was terrified of being poisoned, and would only eat food prepared by his wife Adele. He died of malnutrition shortly after she was hospitalized.
6EQ0m TIL In China, killing panda is punishable by death
QNxBM TIL that Wales, Walloon, and Cornwall are derived from the proto-Germanic word “Walhaz” meaning “foreigner,” specifically a Roman.
aQRA TIL that because California banned civilian ownership of .50 BMG firearms, gun company Barrett Firearms suspended all sales and service to any California law enforcement agencies.