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TIL the first woman to run for President was Victoria Woodhull in 1872

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N7BlP TIL of Fritz Suhren, a concentration camp commandant. When the allies were close, he took Odette Sansom, an inmate whom he believed to be Churchill's niece, and drove with her to the US base, hoping it would save him. She was in fact a British spy under a false name. He was hanged in 1950
e0PMb TIL The man believed to be the richest drug lord of all time died while getting plastic surgery to alter his appearance. The two surgeons that performed the procedure were later found dead, encased in concrete inside steel drums, with their bodies showing signs of torture
r9vW TIL a man drove a tank through the Berlin Wall to escape living in East Germany
gr84W TIL: One of the largest charitable donations made by a lottery winner came from a man in Canada. Two years after his wife died from cancer, Tom Crist won the lotto and donated everything to organizations fighting the disease. Canada doesn't tax winnings, so Crist donated $40 million.
R5w8j TIL: Elephants have the longest gestation period for a mammal (Asian elephants: 18-22 months, African bush elephants: 22 months) and won’t give birth for another 4-years.