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TIL President Harding died as one of the most popular presidents. Subsequent revelations caused him to be judged as one of the worst

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5YMDQ TIL An instrumental version of the song "Sukiyaki", a story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall, was played by NASA over the radio for the Gemini VII astronauts as mood music, thereby becoming one of the first pieces of music sent to humans in space
YpjJW TIL Hitler descendants live on Long Island (NY)
x6B5w TIL Louise and Martine Fokkens worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam for more than 50 years and have retired in their early 80s after sleeping with more than 335,000 men or more than population of 38 countries and territories
6vpW TIL the anti-depressant drug Anafranil has a side effect where yawning can result in a sudden orgasm.
d8DZE TIL that once WWII ended, ethnic German civilians fell victim to mass-murders, mass-rapes, torture, and forced labor all throughout Europe.