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TIL of Oliver Sipple, who saved then President Gerald Ford’s life from an assassin, was subsequently outed as gay by the press, disowned by his family and ultimately died regretting saving the President

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Z814B TIL, that The Statue of Liberty was originally proposed and built to be placed on the mouth of The Suez Canal. The project was initially scrapped, after a lack of funds. And later on, sent to the USA as a gift after successful procurement of funds.
4X5Gg TIL Medical Doctors used to advertise and promote cigarettes
WkYn4 TIL after the festival Burning Man, a cleaning crew combs through the grounds to clean up “MOOP” or trash as small as single hairs from wigs in order to pass a federal inspection.
ODK6 TIL When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies.
XXoE TIL: In 1979 a 16 year old girl sniped kids from her window with a .22 caliber rifle given to her for christimas just to liven up her monday.