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TIL when President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 and was taken into surgery, he quipped with the doctors, “I hope you’re all Republicans.”

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78ZgL TIL That falcons are most closely related to parrots, rather than other birds of prey
4k4bw TIL James Salisbury, inventor of the Salisbury steak, was a physician during the American Civil War. He was convinced that vegetables were responsible for heart disease and mental illness, and that Salisbury steak should be eaten three times a day for bodily defense and weight loss.
OoPp1 TIL that dodo birds "could run quite fast" and were "agile and manoeuvrable." The popular image of obese, clumsy dodos probably comes from being overfed in captivity.
rvJ0 TIL that Jason Bateman bought the domain jasonbateman.com after learning it was a gay porn site. (45:10)
l77EG TIL Babe Ruth spent his youth in a reformatory school called St. Mary's until age 19 (circa 1913) when he got a job at the school paying $100 per month, which is over $2900 per month adjusted for inflation