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TIL that Charles Darwin ate every animal he ever discovered
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TIL US Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) believed that the island of Guam would tip over by placing a military base there.
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TIL of baseball player Fred Merkle. In 1908 he made a base running mistake that ultimately cost his team the pennant. The play became known as “Merkle’s Boner”.
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TIL immediately after his Gettysburg speech, Lincoln came down with a mild case of smallpox to which he quipped: "For once in my life as president, I am in a position to give everybody something."
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TIL The song "Treat Your Mother Right" performed by Mr. T was written by Ice-T who wrote all the rap vocals on the "Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!" video.
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TIL the song title "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly came about when vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song while drunk, and when he played it for drummer Ron Bushy, his drunken slurring caused the words "in the Garden of Eden" to be interpreted as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Bushy.