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TIL Ukraine agreed to give up their nukes in 95 if the U.S. agreed to defend them against an invasion.

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8eRl8 TIL that Matt Harrington was selected in the Major League Baseball draft in five consecutive years, without coming to an agreement with any of the selecting teams – the only baseball player to have been drafted so many times without signing a contract.
dDLRj TIL that a man damaged a levy during the 93 flood of the Mississippi River, flooding 57 sq km, in order to delay his wife’s return so he could continue to party.
Zx7v TIL Dick Cheney’s openly lesbian daughter gave birth to two children
neg6r TIL It was common for elite Romans and Greeks to paint their banquet floors with pictures of food scraps. This trend was called “asarotos oikos”, or “unswept room”.
Qok6 TIL In 1916 an Arctic cold front slammed through Browning, Montana, dropping the temperature from 44°F to -56°F in 24 hours. The most dramatic 24-hour drop in temperature ever recorded in the US.