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TIL Rodney King died on Father’s Day in 2012 by drowning in a swimming pool. This was 28 years after his father died, also on Father’s Day, and also by drowning.

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gMBeA TIL that every former U.S president is guaranteed secret service protection for the rest of their life.
gMWa9 TIL that in 1997, 14 year old Nathan Zohner was able to get 43 out of 50 of his classmates to vote to ban "Dihydrogen Monoxide" for his science fair project. His project aimed to prove that the use of true facts can lead the ignorant public to false conclusions. He won first prize.
9wPdp TIL South Korea is the only country on earth with almost zero food waste
9YXdQ TIL Australians have an unofficial holiday, Gravy Day (Dec. 21) based on a 1996 Paul Kelly song about a man in jail writing to his family about longing to be with them at Christmas
amxM TIL Walt Disney used to visit Disneyland incognito. Wearing old clothes and a straw farmer’s hat, he would sit on rides and time them to make sure operators didn’t rush Disneyland visitors.