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TIL that the President of the United States is not allowed to appoint any of his/her close relatives to the Cabinet

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KY6D4 TIL Guido Merkens was an NFL quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter and defensive back for ten seasons.
woV58 TIL Andromachi Papanicolaou, the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection.
4XZQo TIL that baseball legend George Brett was the inspiration behind Lorde’s hit "Royals"
PY0RL TIL Adidas are making shoes from recycled ocean plastic and in 2017 sold 1,000,000+ pairs of these shoes. Each pair of shoes takes 11 plastic bottles to create
OGBML TIL that on February 6th, 1966, a mud dauber wasp nest caused Birgenair Flight 301, a 757 jet flying from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, to crash into the Atlantic Ocean. All 13 crew members and and 176 passengers were killed.