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TIL Richard Garfield, the creator of magic the gathering is the great-great-grandson of U.S. President James A. Garfield, and his great-uncle invented the paper clip.

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bRaa TIL a handyman in Pennsylvania accidentally cut his hand off then fired twelve nails into his head with a nailgun in an effort to dull the pain. He survived.
axBy TIL none of the ~35 people killed in the Salem Witch Trials died from burning at the stake. 19 were hanged, 1 was pressed to death, all others died in jail.
WkVLo TIL Sperm Whales in Alaskan waters steal fish from fishing lines by tracking the noise from boats' motors. This feeding behaviour is called depredation and experts think it is learned by the whales.
lkp5 TIL: Key deer is an endangered deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. Key deer easily swim between islands and because of their proximity have lost their fear to humans. It is the smallest North American deer.
PDDg TIL Frank Zappa put “musician” as his religion on his son Dweezil’s birth certificate.