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TIL: On Nixon’s Inauguration Day, LBJ pulled out a cigarette—his first since his heart attack. One of his daughters pulled it out of his mouth saying “Daddy, what are you doing? You’re going to kill yourself.” He replied, “I’ve now raised you girls. I’ve now been President. Now it’s my time!”.

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E1Q4d TIL that even though Mikhail Gorbachev has been offered to have his notable winestain birthmark removed, he opted against it as he believed it would be perceived as him being more concerned with his appearance than other more important issues
QJW5e TIL in 1974 Egypt issued a passport to Pharaoh Ramses II. He died more than 3,000 years ago, but his mummified body needed a passport to fly to Paris for some repairs. On that special Egyptian passport, the pharaoh’s occupation was listed as "King (deceased)."
R7Yl9 TIL that General LeMay, responsible for the firebombing of 63 Japanese cities during WW2, said “Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.”
Yw0Z TIL it can cost $289,500 a year just for the right to operate a single hot dog cart in Central Park.
QNXDe TIL Richard Phillips survived the longest wrongful prison sentence in American history by writing poetry and painting with watercolours. He also had the opportunity to kill the man who helped put him away, but he chose not to. He’s due to be paid $1.5 million for being wrongfully convicted.