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TIL Lynette Fromme once attempted to kill President Gerald Ford in 1975.

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VBMaZ TIL about A-not-A questions. Particularly in Asian languages, yes/no questions are asked by repeating the verb, for example "you watch not watch movie", and is answered by repeating the verb "watch" or "not watch". This can reduce confusion when answering questions.
dDkn9 TIL a Japanese submarine used to attack Sydney Australia was later painted yellow by college students inspired by the Beatles song
gr8rD TIL that we don't REALLY know who invented coffee, though we know its origins in and around the Arabian peninsula in the 15th century
0wO6N TIL there is a concept for so called Solar Updraft Towers that are generating electricity from low temperature solar heat without solar panlels
7Obx TIL a German Soldier used in recruitment posters as “The Ideal German Soldier” was Half-Jewish and discharged due to that.