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TIL upon hearing about the death of Teddy Roosevelt, Vice President Thomas R. Marshal declared “death had to take him in his sleep, for if he was awake there’d have been a fight”

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pMxQ TIL: North Korea and the United States are the only countries that have their children pledge allegiance to the state in schools.
p8QLb TIL 90% of people have lost their virginity by age 22. If you haven't lost it by age 30, the likelihood you will never lose it increases drastically.
0dRbj TIL that, on average, half of all service dogs fail their training. Due to this poor rate, South Korea experimented with cloning service dogs that had already passed their training. The resulting clones passed at rates much higher than average.
GYmXE TIL Valerian Rybar, an American interior designer, lined the walls of his dining room with 400 bound leather books, all fake, but with titles relating to various chapters of his life. One, entitled "International Boredom", allegedly alluded to his ex wife.
pYRVb TIL James Buchanan is the only American president who was never married.