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TIL that animals have accents!

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x9D7 TIL 14th US President Franklin Pierce, When the Democratic party decided not to re-nominate Pierce after his first term in office, he told reporters, “There’s nothing left but to get drunk.”
XLLQ TIL Rocker singer Ted Nugent pissed and shit on himself for a week and lived in his own excrement in order for him not to be drafted into the Vietnam war.
4Xgog TIL that a UK man found a way to earn money off telemarketers who were constantly calling him. In 2011 he set up his own personal 0871 line - so to call him now costs money to the caller. Every time a bank, gas or electricity supplier asked him for his details, he submits it as his contact number.
b6vEE TIL that MLK had a 75% disapproval rating when he died, largely due to White disapproval over his views on fixing economic injustice
lRBa TIL: while exploring the newly discovered Yellowstone, Truman Everts got separated from the group. His horse then ran away with supplies, he fell on his campfire, fell hip deep into a geyser, and was finally found crawling months later with frostbite weighing a mere 55 lbs.