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TIL that after leaving office, Harry S. Truman began working within the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, often answering the phones to give directions and information as “the man himself.”

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wLDm7 TIL of the almost extinct N/uu language. And today one of the four remaining speakers past away
KOwgQ TIL in 1971, a crazed fan shot a flare-gun towards Frank Zappa and his band during a concert in Switzerland. The resulting fire injured several audience members, melted the bands equipment, and destroyed the venue. This incident was the inspiration for Deep Purples, 'Smoke On The Water.'
M70eA TIL there is a cave in Romania called the Movile Cave that has been sealed off from the outside world for over 5 million years and contains its own unique ecosystem.
Bggr TIL the Galileo mission may have accidentally triggered a nuclear explosion on Jupiter
wOW7 TIL cats in the US are said to have 9 lives whereas in Germany and southern Europe they only have 7 lives…while the poor cats in Arabian countries are even only said to have 6 lives.