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TIL that Grover Cleveland is the only US President to be elected on non-consecutive terms.

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6wX7 TIL of Ponso, a roughly 40-year-old chimp, who was dumped on an abandoned island off the Ivory Coast more than 30 years ago after being used for medical testing. He relies on the kindness of a nearby villager, Germain, who’s dropped off bananas and bread for him ever since he was left to die
YmBv TIL In the novel Fight Club, Marla’s line after having sex with Tyler is “I want to have your abortion.” A producer deemed this too offensive, so David Fincher changed it to “I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school,” for the film.
YnMA TIL that it was believed if a man had no gag reflex he was gay. In some cases if a man admitted to being gay in the military, but gagged during the test, he wouldn’t be released.
YPGZ TIL there’s an African rat that chews poison out of a plant and then licks the poison into its spiky mohawk to use for defense. This poison is also used by tribesmen to take down elephants.
obXK TIL the Empire State Building used to have an entire floor dedicated to napping.