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TIL that Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s can be traced as far back as three years into his first term of presidency

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1Lld TIL that An astounding 47 percent of the residents of the city of Detroit are functionally illiterate.
l75b7 TIL that a German hockey team was officially sponsored by Muammar Gaddafi in exchange for the team promoting his book.
woXgM TIL that the deadliest bridge collapse was in 1809 when the Ponte das Barcas bridge in Porto, Portugal, collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 4,000 people. When the French attacked Portugal, thousands of people tried to escape by crossing the bridge, which collapsed under the weight
8aZOG TIL Mel Brooks approached John Wayne for a role in Blazing Saddles, which eventually went to Gene Wilder. Wayne declined, as he thought the dialogue was "too dirty" for his family-friendly image.
R7oO7 TIL Saudi Arabia’s royal family’s net worth of $1.4 trillion, makes the family roughly 16 times as wealthy the British royal family, which has a net worth of $88 billion.