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TIL After president Harding died of a heart attack, VP Calvin Coolidge was visiting family with no electricity or telephone. He heard of Harding's death by messenger at 2:45 AM. He got dressed, prayed, and met with reporters downstairs and took oath next to a kerosene lamp. He then went back to bed.

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Y7mM7 TIL that the Virgin Boy Egg is a dish with a longstanding tradition in Dongyang, China, in which a vendor boils an egg in the urine of young boys, preferably under the age of ten. They are routinely eaten and are "widely accepted as a time-honored tradition"
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