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TIL Abraham Lincoln nicknamed his fourth son "Tad" because he had a large head, a small body, and, as an infant, he wiggled like a tadpole.

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9YBdQ TIL, Reptile (Mortal Kombat) has on several occasions, dropped whatever HIGHLY IMPORTANT MISSION he was on at the time, because a pretty lady approached him and offered him the opportunity to get into her pants. And he is betrayed every time.
Wl6N TIL of “Last Thursdayism”, the idea that the universe began to exist last Thursday, with everything (including our memories) all formed at the time of creation (last Thursday) in a state such that they appear much older
D1eZv TIL Seattle's Space Needle is an example of Googie architecture, a type that flourished in the post WWII era and was parodied on The Jetsons. It was named for the West Hollywood Googie's Coffee Shop designed in 1949 by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.
oRPRW TIL since Canada’s founding in 1867, fewer than 50 people have been killed in earthquakes on the land now contained within the country’s borders
74yM TIL in 1944, Lt Leon Crane bailed out of a malfunctioning plane, survived in Alaskan wilderness for 81 days, and walked 120 miles to safety