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TIL there’s a White House fountain in memory of two prominent men who shared a home and died together on the Titanic.

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kORe4 TIL during the Vietnam war, many American soldiers stationed in Japan went AWOL and fled to Sweden. Swedish PM Palme was vehemently against the war and promised that he would grant asylum to deserters.
lyOK TIL that a janitor invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and he is now an Executive Vice President
BrVMd TIL S. E. Hinton, the writer of the Novel, The Outsiders, was 15 when she started writing the book, 16 when she finished most of it and 18 when it was published.
VBKl8 TIL that Russia is so huge, that it has 11 timezones!! The east and west borders of the country have a time difference of up to 10 hours.
5yMB TIL Frank Zappa’s Grammy-winning album Jazz from Hell received a “Parental Advisory” sticker even though it is a collection of instrumental pieces and contains no lyrics at all.