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TIL that 17.8% of U.S. Presidents have died while in office
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LwNP
TIL A woman married 25 years who quickly divorced her husband without telling him she had just won the lottery was forced to pay him all of her winnings
JYk98
TIL the first known mention of the word abracadabra was in a second century AD book (written by a physician) which prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet containing the word written in the form of a triangle and the power of the amulet would make lethal diseases go away.
eANk
TIL Norman Borlaug, an agricultural scientist, developed new strains of crops which yielded 4x as much food. He is said to have saved the lives of over a billion people, making him one of the most influential men in human history.
69oOZ
TIL that eating two medium-sized mushrooms a day reduces the risk of cancer by as much as 45%
W084
TIL a city in Florida gave James Earl Jones an award for MLK Jr Day, but on the plaque, accidentally listed him as “James Earl Ray,” King’s assassin.