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TIL JFK’s brother died in Operation Aphrodite, a secret B-24 drone attack in 1944, because the explosives detonated before he bailed out of the plane

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Qr4E TIL In 1959, The winner of a city council election in Sao Paulo was Cacareco, a rhino at a local zoo. Its candidacy was traced back to students who had printed up 200,000 ballots with her name, and were all legitimately cast by voters, one of whom commented: “Better to elect a rhino than an ass.”
0y05 TIL coloring books for grown-ups are a huge trend and publishers struggle to keep up with demand. The books have successfully been used to reduce stress, relieve anxiety and as rehabilitation aids for patients recovering from strokes.
L50Q TIL the first cat to be cloned was named Copycat.
5Y1A9 TIL That 66% of women moan during sex to speed up their partners climax, and 87% stated that they vocalized during sex to boost their partners self-esteem.
mxJOE TIL John Gotti's 13 year old son was struck by a car and killed when he darted out into a street on a mini motorbike. The driver of the vehicle, a neighbor whose son had previously slept over at the Gotti house, disappeared 5 months later. He was allegedly shot in the head and dissolved in acid