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TIL there's an Indian temple where visitors pray for american Visas

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YPNr TIL US President Eisenhower drank 15 cups of coffee and smoked four packs of cigarettes per day while in office.
WkJA8 TIL that during the Middle Ages, members of guilds were referred to as “masters.” Artisans who wanted to join a guild were required to prepare a “master piece” to be judged for qualification. If the masters approved of the piece, that artisan would be accepted into the guild.
ANk8g TIL many Irish weddings include playing the song “Rock the Boat” which starts a group dance where everyone sits on the dance floor, legs splayed in a conga line pretending to row a boat
5Yx18 TIL Jackie Kennedy's pink suit worn when her husband, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated is locked away in the National Archives until at least 2103.
6oll TIL “the world has more than 50,000 edible plants, yet just three commodity crops—rice, maize, and wheat—provide 60 percent of the plant-derived calories we eat”