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TIL, when FDR was president he once decided to test whether people he greeted actually listened to him. As he received each person he said “I murdered my grandmother this morning.” Most people responded with"How kind of you" until one person said “I’m sure she had it coming to her”

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xV7WD TIL about a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, We start in 2019 and travel exponentially through time, witnessing the future of Earth, the death of the sun, the end of all stars, and ultimately the end of everything within the known universe.
DDJe TIL Robert Liston is the only surgeon in history to have performed an operation with a 300% mortality rate, losing his patient to infection, accidentally amputating his assistant’s fingers, who also died of infection, and slashing a spectator who died from shock
B4yD TIL that Dr Dre has beaten a couple women. Years ago he publicly beat a female reporter at a party while his bodyguard held the crowd back. He also beat his ex girlfriend while they were together.
oRglA TIL A tautological place name is a place name where different parts of the name have the same meaning, for example, "Lake Chad" (Lake Lake), "Mississippi River" (Big River River), "Sahara Desert" (Deserts Desert)
wLKR8 TIL of sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd who created customized prosthetic masks to be worn by men who had been badly disfigured in World War I and was knighted for her work by the French Government.