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TIL the assassin of President Garfield, Charles Guiteau, shot the President with a gun that had ivory grips because he wanted it to look good as a museum exhibit after the assassination.

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v1rND TIL the most money ever paid for a screenplay was the script to the quickly forgotten 2006 Denzel Washington sci-fi thriller "Deja Vu". Terry Rossio and Bill Masilii sold the script for $5 million to Touchstone Pictures. The record price hasn't been broken yet by another screenplay as of 2021.
OoQYL TIL A huge oak tree transfers almost 40,000 gallons (151,000 litres) of water into the atmosphere in one year.
PYaZV TIL scientists have successfully created a process to genetically modify pigs to produce human-transplantable organs. The method edits the genetics of pig DNA to prevent our bodies from rejecting their organs. It would end transplant lists overnight. Human trials are starting.
ZpmXR TIL that because the Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures requires that because upper-case letters are only used for units named for people, Ken Woolner was inspired to create a scientist, Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre, which would allow people to use L for litre and avoid mixing up l and 1
B8LW TIL if someone dies during a flight, their body is usually moved to an empty first class seat.