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TIL that President James A. Garfield likely died of starvation after doctors insisted he be fed rectally after an assassination attempt.

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mm9M TIL that in 1860, futurologists predicted that NYC would not exist in 100 years because the present growth rate indicated 6 million people, and they would need 6 million horses, and they could not handle that amount of manure.
p5xN TIL that home ownership in Romania is 95.6%, Spain 77.7%, Greece 75.8% while in Germany it’s 52.6% and Switzerland only 44%.
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