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TIL CIA director John McCone told RFK he believed there were TWO shooters that assassinated his brother JFK.

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Pg TIL: There is team attire for the Gotham Rogues, made by Under Armour
w4g1 TIL in 1907 Lawrence Luellen, a Boston lawyer, was concerned about the spread of germs due to people sharing glasses and dippers in public drinking spaces. He invented the first paper cup, dubbed the Klean Cup. 5 years later he renamed it after a popular line of toys: Dixie Dolls. Thus, Dixie Cups.
rEd4 TIL Americans didn’t lose their British accent, the British accent evolved; Brits used to sound more like Americans rather than vice versa.
rWed TIL Antarctica has 24 different time zones. The scientists who reside there go by either the time of their home land or the supply line that brings them food and equipment.
16veO TIL Lottery Winners and Paralyzed Accident Victims stabilized to similar levels of happiness in a 2004 study analyzing adaptation theory