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TIL not even ex presidents and vice president can drive on american roads (they can on their own private roads) and they can’t own a normal smartphone

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pY9OO TIL of the approximately 8,000 amphibian species currently alive, about 90% of them (about 7200) are just frogs and toads.
R55Lj TIL In the 4th and 5th century BC, Hippocrates was the first to document the heart as a muscle. He described it as pure dark red and pyramidal or spherical, with a liquid film surrounding it to reduce friction
PY9MZ TIL that Bob Widlar (uA702 creator) installed "The Hassler" outside his office. Whenever people started talking, the device would detect the audio, convert it to high freq, and playback the converted sound. Visitors would notice this ringing, stop talking, and the sound disappeared. Lesson learned.
PYw5n TIL that “Golden Girl” Bea Arthur enlisted in the Marines in 1943 where she was one of the first members of the Women’s Reserve and spent time as a typist and a truck driver.
6J9X TIL the Omaha Beef are the only indoor football team to have an all-male dance team- The Rumproasters.