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TIL that after Hurricane Isaаc, an American Rеd Crоss official sent out 80 empty or near-empty trucks and emergеncy rеsponse vеhicles (ERVs) to drive around and look like they were giving reliеf - and after Hurricane Sаndy, 15 ERVs (40% of the available ERVs) were assіgned to publіc relаtions

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R5pJQ TIL that Barry Goldwater and John F. Kennedy were close friends. They planned to hold a series of Lincoln-Douglas style debates across the country in the 1964 presidental election. Goldwater was greatly dissapointed at Kennedy's assassination and that his opponent would not be Kennedy.
yVVEJ TIL Marlon Brando was originally cast to play one of the two priests in the beginning of Scary Movie 2 but withdrew due to health issues
Am7 TIL humans may be only 20 years away from inventing immortality
ADVjg TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was sexually attracted to smelly women. He wrote several letters in which he asked his wife not to bathe for at least a month as he wanted to enjoy her body odor to the fullest.
OMd7 TIL that the former Soviet Union has its own internet domain .su and access to google.su requires a login and password