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TIL diesel was named after the inventor of the same name, Rudolf Diesel

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8aZm4 TIL JFK's maternal grandmother, Mary Josephine Hannon(1865-1964), outlived him by 10 months and never knew he was assassinated.
VMAQG TIL GOP US House Rep, Duke Cunningham, was convicted of several crimes, served prison time, and was released. Duke then tried to get a gun permit, but the judge denied the request citing a law that limits gun permits for convicted criminals – a law that Cunningham voted for while in Congress
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p4wO TIL that lightning makes mushrooms multiply.
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