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TIL Teddy Roosevelt had a pet one-legged rooster

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Lk4wp TIL that Mike Judge moved to Texas and a storm blew off a part of his fence. After his new neighbors fixed it for him, no questions asked, it became the basis for King Of The Hill - "about neighbors who... ultimately, do the right thing and do right by people and are basically good people."
kO194 TIL The backup crew of Apollo 12 snuck Playboy photos into the wrist-mounted checklist of the flight crew.
EgdRx TIL About Leonardo Da Vinci's bridge : Designed in 15th century, It's a self-supporting bridge design that does not require any nails or fasteners to hold its structure . The bridge is made of a series of beams that crisscross each other like scissors, using the pressure to hold each other stable.
LQ0lZ TIL that the first presentation of Tourette syndrome (a neurological disorder characterised by the presence of motor and vocal tics) is thought to be in the 15th-century book Malleus Maleficarum, which describes a priest whose tics were "believed to be related to possession by the devil".
xVeyw TIL in 1994, R&B singer R Kelly married fellow R&B singer Aaliyah when she was only 15 years old. The marriage was annulled later that year and they both agreed to never speak of it again.