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TIL President Carter "fended off a killer rabbit" that swam out to attack him.

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4XM76 TIL about Samuel J. Seymour, a five-year-old boy who witnessed the Lincoln assassination. At 96 Seymour was a guest on the TV show I've Got a Secret. He didn't realize the president had been shot, but he felt bad for Booth, thinking Booth had fallen out of the box, when he jumped down to escape.
Or5X TIL Saddam Hussein’s son owned an actual iron maiden and used it against people he didn’t like.
vwD TIL Saddam Hussein’s last words were “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad-” before the executioner let the floor out from beneath the gallows, cutting him off midsentence.
8eelZ TIL that the official drink of Rhode island is Coffee Milk
YeD7 TIL The Norwegian Princess Leah was named after the Star Wars character Princess Leia. Leah being the Norwegian spelling of Leia.