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TIL that over 138 of Ronald Reagan’s administration officials were either investigated, indicted, or convicted during his presidency.

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kJWD7 TIL that Ian Fleming, the author who created the character of James Bond named the first ever Bond girl, Vesper Lynd of Casino Royale, after a cocktail. The drink was a mix of frozen rum, fruit and herbs that Ian had stumbled across in Jamaica.
X0aQ6 TIL In 1959 the submarine USS Barbero assisted the US Post Office in an experiment in Rocket Mail by launching a modified Regulus missile containing two containers of mail towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida. The missile successfully landed after 22 minutes of travel.
gr7G4 TIL Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig. Since guinea pigs are such social creatures, one guinea pig would get lonely so having just one is considered animal abuse in Switzerland.
b6o7a TIL of Félix Faure, a French President who died while receiving a blowjob. A ship named after him also went down.
76gr TIL that the city of Pompeii was covered in graffiti, including one case saying “Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!”