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TIL that Jon Huntsman Jr., our new Russian Ambassador, has extensive business ties to Russia through his father (John Huntsman Sr., Founder & Chairman of Huntsman Corp)

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woyPE TIL when Led Zeppelin reunited in 2007 for a one-off show at the O2 Arena, 20 million ticket requests were made, the record for a single music concert.
jbwX TIL to be a true “lucky rabbit’s foot” charm, it has to be the left hind leg of the rabbit, and be caught in a cemetery on either a full moon, new moon, or a Friday the 13th.
DQoYV TIL about the ancient Mesopotamian practice of using a substitute king to protect the real king from evil omens. The real king would go into hiding, and rites were performed to transfer the danger onto the substitute. At the end of the ritual, the substitute is put to death.
oROXY TIL With a debut novel in 1976, bestselling author James Patterson didn't start writing full-time until after retiring from advertising in 1996 when he was almost 50
45Bo TIL that President Lincoln essentially bribed Congress to outlaw slavery by offering lame-duck congressmen cushy government jobs in a then-legal form of corruption known as the patronage system