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TIL John F Kennedy once had a 2 year long affair with beauty queen and actress Inga Arvad, even coming very close to marrying her. The relationship ended when Joe Kennedy discovered Ms Arvad had another man in her life- the one and only Adolf Hitler- and was under FBI surveillance as a result.

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OGQ84 TIL the piano part in BTO's "Taking' Care of Business" was peformed by a pizza delivery guy who happened to be in the studio.
eN45 TIL the Pope is only considered to be infallible when he speaks ex cathedra…which has only happened twice.
gGb7 TIL Harry Truman held both the highest (at 91%) and tied for the lowest (at 22%) approval ratings since Gallup started compiling them in 1937
Lkewd TIL that Hubble Space Telescope takes only B&W photos and then the colors are added later!
M7NRB TIL About the Personalized Onco Genomics (POG) trials. Started in 2012, doctors have been using patients' DNA to find personalized treatments to fight cancer.