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TIL Lyndon B. Johnson once urinated on a secret serviceman who was shielding him from public view just because he was the president and he could.

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e01Qb TIL that a carpenter from Lowa used his life savings to send 33 strangers to college. He grew up poor and had no wife or child of his own. He went to work every and thanks to his efforts he saved up almost 3mil "I never got the opportunity to go to college. So, I'd like to help kids go to college."
7r5X7 TIL that in 1993, scientist Cesare Emiliani proposed switching the Gregorian calendar to the Holocene calendar which would account for the entirety of human civilization, starting 12,000 years ago at Year 0. Making the current year 12021 HE (Human Era).
JVeV TIL that part of Pablo Escobars surrender deal was that he would serve his sentence in his own prison, guarded by his own guards. The prison also had a soccer field, a bar, a jacuzzi, and a waterfall amongst many other things.
GALM5 TIL in 2007, Hamburg Mannheimer International (HMI), now part of Munich Re, held a party in Budapest with 20 prostitutes to reward 100 of its best salesmen
W7kB TIL Carl Sagan recorded a message for those who would make it to Mars. “Whatever the reason you’re on Mars is, I’m glad you’re there. And I wish I was with you.”