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TIL that Herbert Hoover (as well as JFK) gave his presidential salary to charity.

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4XAPo TIL Seeing eye dogs are taught to poop on command so their blind owners can know when they go.
68OJ TIL Green Day payed to host a schools prom at a different location when the school board cancelled it because they didn’t want same sex couples at their prom
awEV9 TIL despite 77% of agricultural land being used for animal agriculture, it only contributes 18% of global calorie supply and 37% of global protein supply. In contrast, the 23% of agricultural land used for crops produces 83% global calorie supply and 63% global protein supply
NNOe TIL that a Pineapple is actually a bunch of small berries fused together into a single mass
G84N TIL: There’s an anime and manga in Japan called Saint Young Men, which is about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in Tokyo while taking a vacation on Earth and attempting to understand Japanese society.