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TIL an Italian paramedic and ambulance driver is on trial for stealing James Gandolfini’s Rolex as he lay dying from a heart attack.

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pYdW8 TIL as part of its foreign policy the Nixon administration actively portrayed the president as an out of control madman to try and convince hostile nations that he was capable of anything at anytime. Including nuclear war. Nixon dubbed this strategy "Madman Theory".
oB6OE TIL: The Salish Wool Dog is an extinct breed of dog that was bred to produce wool that was prized among the Northwestern Salish Tribe.
yR18 TIL that Warren Buffert is the #1 stock holder of CocaCola and is also the owner of world leading diabetic drugs.
Bn6L TIL that there is currently only one known person in the world who was born in the 1800s: 116 year old Emma Morano
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