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TIL when she was the First Lady, Barbara Bush called the Simpsons “the dumbest thing I had ever seen”. She received letter from Marge Simpson which moved her so much, she wrote back apologizing.

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5VXxB TIL of UK farmer Tony Martin, whose house had been broken into so many times, that he was able to predict when the burglars would strike next, and shot and killed one.
aw0bb TIL that in 1997 three boys in war- torn Sierre Leone were on the brink of starvation, when they spotted a single yam under a tree. They desperately went to dig it up, but when they did they discovered a 100 carat diamond underneath.
kOjdd TIL that it took Tim Treadwell over 6 minutes to die during the bear attack that ended his life.
n1GG TIL Maurice Ward invented a material called Starlite, which could withstand temperatures over 10,000 C. Ward was so protective of his formula that he took it to his grave in 2011 and scientists still do not know the composition of the material.
Eg8A0 TIL the Patriots under Bill Belichick haven’t signed a player they drafted in the first three rounds to a second contract since Duron Harmon (Third Round, 2013).