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TIL the White House press secretary has more DUI charges than White House press conferences

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0we0N TIL Gary Larson received some backlash for 'The Far Side' comic which has a female gorilla finding a hair on a male and asking, 'Conducting some research with that Jane Goodall tramp?' A rep from the Jane Goodall Institute complained, but Goodall herself later said she thought the comic was funny
dW4K TIL there was a woman named Veronica Seider had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
W7Q6X TIL the artist Rembrandt, despite living in the 17th century, owned a Samurai Helmet. This was due to the Dutch being the only country allowed to trade with the Japanese
jNmga TIL in 1990 a Peter Maxwell of California owned a manufacturing company, employed himself, had an accident on the job, hired 2 lawyers for the company and himself, sued himself, won 122k, wrote the 122k off, was then refuted and fined by the IRS, THEN later won his appeal in US Tax Court
ak6Z TIL In 1575, a German mass murderer nicknamed Puschpeter is reported to have kept his wits after being impaled. The stake hit his spine and he berated the executioner. Puschpeter commanded the executioner to draw the stake out of him and gave instructions for how to make the impalement properly.