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TIL that although 20 US Presidents served in the military and most of them during war time, only President Kennedy was awarded a Purple Heart.

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Po9J TIL that during filming Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole added foam rubber to his camel saddle to increase comfort. This eventually spread across the Middle East and O'Toole was called the “Father of Rubber”
woxbE Today I learned the former lead singer of the yardbirds (Keith Relf) died by getting electrocuted by his guitar on March 17th, 1976.
gZEW TIL that if you use iTunes, you have already agreed to not use Apple products to create nuclear weapons
mxk0p TIL that In 1961 Ham the chimpanzee was successfully launched into space which technically means that chimpanzees own the achievement of first Hominid in space.
R5b9j TIL the largest living organism as of June 2022 is a specimen of "Posidonia australis" seagrass (aka Poseidon’s ribbon weed).Spawned from a single seed around 4500 years old and covering approximately 200 square kilometres (77 square miles), the entire plant is connected and shares the same DNA.