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TIL That L. Ron Hubbard had a book nominated for the 1987 Hugo award. He finished sixth out of five books getting less votes than "No award"

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QNyXE TIL that after the Portuguese dictator Salazar went into coma, he was dismissed as Prime Minister. When he emerged from it and recovered lucidity, no one wanted to tell him he had been removed from power, instead he was allowed to "rule" in privacy until his death 2 years later
xVp1b TIL that on the night that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, his co-conspirator was supposed to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson. The co-conspirator lost his nerve and got drunk instead
X0exR TIL When you lose fat from dieting, it doesn't "melt" away and not much passes out through your waste. No, your lost fat is mostly exhaled
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LQMGv TIL New York City implemented a bird-killing program to reduce bird strikes at LaGuardia Airport. Over 70,000 birds have been culled since Flight 1549's ditching in the Hudson River in 2009.