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TIL that LBJ took his oath of office on a Roman Catholic missal from JFK's desk despite not being Catholic; he mistook the missal for a Bible.

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NXjPQ TIL that in 1838, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel about four shipwreck survivors who, after drawing lots, eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker. Forty-six years later, a real ship sank, and the survivors—after drawing lots—ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker.
rRboM TIL Czech Republic has "Babyboxes" which allow anonymous abandonment of unwanted babies
mxAKM TIL that men wearing wedding rings was not common until World War 2, when soldiers would wear a ring to remind them of their love back home. After WW2, it became mainstream for men to wear a wedding ring.
l7YN TIL there is a variant of chess called “Singularity Chess” played on a board distorted in the center. Due to the distortion, some pieces can make U-turns, attack the same square multiple ways, and bishops can change square colors.
6EpkJ TIL that contrary to popular belief we are just different branches to apes and we are not actually descended from them. The Hominids are the shared ancestor between modern humans and modern apes that died out millions of years ago.