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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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PYnQO TIL On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, housing American and French service members of a peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people. The attacks eventually led to the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon.
85XZ TIL Gene Autry created “The Cowboy Code” in the 1950’s, a list of qualities every cowboy should take to heart. Included were “He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas” and being gentle to animals.
jNyQn Today I learned there is a global population of 50 endemic Marsican brown bears in the Abbruzzo region, Italy. Despite conservation efforts, the critically endangered population continues to dwindle.
DBwg TIL that both Tom Hanks and Danny DeVito almost played Super Mario, while Arnold Schwarzenegger almost played King Koopa
oByZR TIL that the Pentagon has a full-blown battle plan against zombies, for in-house training. In this document, zombies are categorized, from "evil, magic" zombies to "vegetarian" zombies which groan "graaaains" instead of the usual "braaaains".