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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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BgaPe TIL about Craig Shergold, a former cancer patient who requested greeting cards to try and beat the record for "most greeting cards received". The number stood at 1,000,065. Shergold broke the record and obtained 350 million cards throughout his life until he requested for them to stop.
PpQO TIL that Jenna Jameson had her own ‘American Idol’ style TV show where porn actresses would perform sexual acts for judges.
8aaAP TIL Michael Jackson had massive arcade at his Neverland home, featuring over 2000 cabinet arcade games, life size figures, and pieces of movie and video game memorabilia.
v10k7 TIL each of the main musketeers in Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" is based on a real person. Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan was indeed a Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV. and even served Cardinal Mazarin in espionage. His memoirs inspired the whole of the D'Artagnan romances.
XrRE TIL There is a theory that Homo erectus could have never evolved without cooking. I.e. that cooking is what made us human.