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TIL Einstein didn't know how to swim, but he refused to wear a lifejacket. He was always running his boat aground because he was so busy relaxing that he didn’t look to see where he was going. His family was convinced that if he didn’t drown, he’d get his head smashed by the masts and spars.

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v16MR TIL that in the desert, more people die from drowning than from dehydration. This is because people come prepared for low water in the desert, but aren't prepared for flash floods.
0aMN TIL that the ice cream cone was first created at the 1904 World’s Fair. An ice cream cart ran out of dishes to serve ice cream, so the neighboring waffle-maker rolled the waffles into cones to serve the ice cream in.
dbMr TIL the secret service was created on April 14th, 1865 by Abraham Lincoln…the same day he was assassinated.
X0EBj TIL that nine-banded armadillos always give birth to quadruplets- a single fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos.
rRKWy TIL "Pall Mall" cigarettes are named after Pall Mall street in London, which is named for the game Pall Mall played on that street, which is named after the French game of "Jeu de mail", which is named after the Italian game of "pallamaglio", which means "ball mallet".