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TIL Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, served all but six weeks of his term without a Vice President. His VP, William King, died of Tuberculosis in Cuba only six weeks after the inauguration.

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EgZpX TIL that chimney sweeping in Germany is protected by a "frankly medieval" guild system. The article also talks about the sweeps' involvement in the country's dark past, the legal requirement to let sweeps in and how freelance competition provoked legal backlash (at time of publication)
xVXyo TIL About the "Candy Bombers" who in addition to provided air drops of food to starving people in Berlin during the Soviet blockade also dropped candy for the children. An act that continues today during food drops.
a8Wxy TIL The 1963 film "The Ugly American" had Thai politician and scholar Kukrit Pramoj play the leader of the fictional country of Sarkhan. In 1975 he became the 13th prime minister of Thailand.
WwnY TIL glaciers are home to Ice Worms and the worms can melt if heated to 40F.
PLdO TIL that in 2006, the RIAA successfully took down a community-generated collection of 34,000 guitar transcriptions that had been compiled over 14 years