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Today I learned the person that attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford in 1975 is not only still alive, but has been out of prison for 16 years.

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WkwMd TIL Charlie Soong sent his three daughters to study in America because China was unsafe. One daughter married China's richest man, the other married China's first president and became Honorary President herself. The youngest was also China's First Lady but later moved to Taiwan and lived to 106
x689D TIL In Western music, microtones are notes that deviate from the standard 12-note scale. These are the notes that can sound "flat" or "sharp" compared to the notes in the 12-note scale, like the "out-of-tune piano" part in the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.”
aDv9 TIL… When Alan Shepard was waiting for liftoff to become the first man in space, a reporter asked him what he was thinking about. He replied “The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.”
m1rmv TIL: Last year, scientists discovered a new extinct species of "ridiculously cute" tiny penguins in New Zealand. They weigh 2 pounds, stand 13.5 inches tall, and had narrower skulls. They named the species Eudyptula wilsonae or Wilson's little penguin.
6EDwJ TIL Salvador Dali was a cheapskate who liked to appear generous to his friends by inviting them to fancy restaurants. When it was time to pay the bill, he would write out a check then doodle a sketch on the reverse, knowing that the restauranteur would never cash a check bearing one of his sketches