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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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oGM7 TIL that, due to California banning civilian ownership of .50 BMG rifles, Barret will not sell or service to any of California’s law enforcement agencies.
xVDg5 TIL almost all of the vanilla produced in today’s world is pollinated by hand utilizing a technique developed by an enslaved boy back in 1841.
GAnyg TIL that in 1958, 2 pilots flew a modified Cessna 172 over the desert Southwest for 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes.
XEwE8 TIL The "Holbrook Holiday" is a creative punishment invented by an Ohio judge. Instead of a standard jail term, he takes a holiday away from the criminal for the next several years by making them report to jail for the holiday
VML1k TIL: When Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered, it was so new and innovative that some music critics didn't accept it, and one even called it "monstrous and tasteless."