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TIL a 2012 study swabbed 60 belly buttons and identified a total of 2,368 species of bacteria 1,458 of which were 'New to Science'

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DPOp TIL that Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower, after serving two terms as President of the United States, sought and received his reinstatement as a General of the Army. Ike believed that history would hardly remember his service as President, but would never forget that he commanded the D-day invasion.
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