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TIL in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests, President Nixon left the White House to talk to the protesters face-to-face. When the Secret Service grew concerned for his safety, he told them to wait.

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5QdP TIL that the Norman Invasion of England 1066 caused many English noblemen to flee England for the Byzantine Empire (Modern day Turkey and Greece). There, the English diaspora founded the town, New York, 600 years before “New York” in America existed.
VBONB TIL In 2022, 192 American citizens died in Mexico. Most of those deaths were accidents or suicides. Only 46 were ruled as homicides.
VBJZk TIL the bug in Sid Meier's 'Civilisation' that caused Gandhi to become aggressive with nuclear weapons, does not exist and is a complete myth,
pkn4 TIL of Paul Powell, an Illinois politician who was found dead in his hotel sweet residence in Springfield, IL with $800,000 in cash, 49 cases of whiskey, 14 transistor radios, and 2 cases of creamed corn.
4XKK5 TIL 2,000 year old seeds were discovered inside an ancient jar in Israel 1963. They were planted in 2005 and a tree extinct for 1,800 years sprouted from the ground.