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TIL former US President Calvin Coolidge enjoyed ringing for his bodyguards and hiding while they desperately searched for him.

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JYEo1 TIL of the Gouffé Case, a murder case which unfolded in France, 1889. The subsequent investigation lived on as a case study for budding criminologists. Many of the methods utilized by Dr. Lacassagne during his weeklong autopsy, are now standard practices in forensic examinations.
LQNLr TIL that in 2013, an officer of Nashville's Covenant Church (which runs the school where yesterday's shooting occurred) sued the Covenant organization for allegedly shielding a child molester. The whistleblow charged that Covenant engages in "cult-like abuse of authority over vulnerable children."
ANL0l TIL about the blood(like) rain that happened in Kerala India
yO1w TIL that some people are ‘chimeras’, and are made up of the DNA of fraternal twins who fused to make one person.
YLbG TIL Today there are more people of Norwegian Descent in the US than in Norway