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TIL Oliver Sipple, who stopped an assassination attempt on Gerald Ford, was disowned by his family and was never invited to the white house to be thanked because he was gay.

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6EgV7 TIL that Lake Superior has an island which has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder, which, when the pond floods, becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
8eRmX TIL In a study of antioxidant content of 3,100 foods, Amla (Indian Gooseberry) ranked #1 by far. It has 18X the amount of antioxidants as blueberries which are often touted as a high antioxidant food. Other high score foods: bilberries, black currants, blackberries, goji berries, cranberries.
ADpM7 TIL that János Bolyai, one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry, won thirteen pistol duels in a single afternoon, playing his violin between each of them.
69X4m TIL some Appalachians believe women should not can foods during their menstrual cycles because the lid won't seal and the food will spoil
p8JrN TIL that in the film Candyman, Tony Todd negotiated a fee of $1000 for each time he was stung during the bee scene. He walked away with $23000.