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TIL that the sixth most common language in the world has no native speakers (Modern Standard Arabic)

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N7Bg6 TIL The odd quirk in the Presidential Line of Succession -- going from Executive Branch (Vice President) to Legislative Branch (President Pro Tempore, Speaker of the House) -- was initially created to specifically keep Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, out of the line of succession.
R5aKl TIL that in 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban American Football after 19 college students died that year playing the game. In response, 62 colleges and universities met in New York City to discuss rule changes, where they formed the athletic association that would become the NCAA.
xVOy7 TIL about Käthe Heusermann - assistant to Adolf Hitler's dentist. She was the reason the Soviet intelligence knew Hitler was dead for certain. She was imprisoned for 6 years in Moscow and sent to hard labour in Siberia for 4 years before being allowed to return to East Germany.
ObpL TIL The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Theme Song Is Actually An Entire Song By The Eagles!
W7VA4 TIL that 440 nuclear reactors provide 10% of the worlds total electricity.