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TIL That John Tyler Was The Only US President To Not Be Buried With The American Flag And The only US president To Be Buried With The Confederate Flag

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jNPv TIL that the middle finger of Galileo Galilei is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence.
b6mlN TIL when she was 10 years old, the Vatican dispatched an investigator to determine if Shirley Temple was actually a middle-aged dwarf. After her film career, she was a U.S. diplomat to two countries, and became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States.
x6PZ1 TIL that Central Park has street numbers on every lamppost, which helps you not to get lost!
8akNP TIL that Lithium Chloride is the only other Chloride salt that tastes good.
7oJL TIL there have been 14 known fatalities in Britain from native adder bites since 1876. Recovery from a bite can take up to a year.