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TIL about Louis Remme, who rode on horseback nonstop from Sacramento to Portland in 1855, racing against the ship-borne news of a bank run that would prevent him from withdrawing his own money.

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xVMK7 TIL that mothers who wait till 25 to have their first kid, are 11% more likely to live to 90
AxRo TIL Richard Nixon said in August 1970 about same-sex marriage: “I can’t go that far; that’s the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that’s too far!”
R5868 TIL that Mcdonalds Chicken McNuggets almost never existed. Instead the fast food giant originally tried to feed us ‘onion nuggets’.
Pxbg TIL that Jeremy Wade, (the guy from River Monsters) at “various times in his journey around the world, was detained as a suspected spy, caught malaria, threatened at gunpoint, survived a plane crash, and survived drowning.
BLGx TIL In 1970 the Oregon Highway Division attempted to blow up a washed ashore dead sperm whale, using half a ton of dynamite, to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 feet away, crushing cars and almost killing bystanders.