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TIL despite being portrayed as young and healthy, John F. Kennedy was hospitalized dozens of times and on three occasions given his last rites.

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9wlDp TIL that William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeney on "Boy Meets World," has been married to to actress and fellow Emmy Award winner Bonnie Bartlett since June 30, 1951; at more than 71 years, it is the longest active Hollywood marriage as of today.
6EBZm TIL the Chernobyl nuclear plant wasn't shut down after the disaster, and was still producing electricity until the year 2000
5V1xQ TIL that Quasar 3C 273 is so bright that if it were only 33 light years away, it would outshine the Sun in Earth's sky. 3C 273 is 4 trillion times brighter and 886 million times more massive than the Sun.
dDv67 TIL of New Ireland - a large island in Papua New Guinea with a population of 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland.
oBb87 TIL the family-owned Roman Candy Company in New Orleans began selling its gourmet taffy in 1915 at 5 cents a stick and it stayed at that price until 1970. The mule-drawn original wagon can still be seen rolling through the streets of New Orleans and surrounding areas on an almost daily basis.