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TIL: Coretta Scott King used to baby sit John Lithgow

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AeMo TIL President Nixon, after many years of refusing to release his tax returns, finally relented, saying “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.” After the investigation, he was forced to pay $465,000 in back taxes he owed.
e00KL TIL John Candy, John Belushi, Chris Farley, and Sam Kinison were each attached to the same three roles when they died at early ages. Those roles are now thought of as cursed.
W7G84 TIL that Häagen-Dazs is an American, not European, company founded in the Bronx in 1960
kOEr1 TIL (and also fucked up) that you can use your shoelaces to unlock your car when you lock your keys in like I did today
m1EDM TIL: Moving Earth is an acknowledged astro engineering concept which moves the Earth away from the Sun to counter rising temperatures. Plausible methods involves using asteroids. However risks include losing the Moon, disrupting seasons, and having the asteroid hit and wipe out all life.