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TIL the President has a blood bank, with his own blood type, in the trunk of his car

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N7AeJ TIL it's politically complicated to officially name a pathogen or disease
GbW4 TIL April 7th is National Beer Day because this is the date in 1933 that FDR signed the law that lifted Prohibition
kOpnW Today I learned that you could use tally sticks in England until 1826.
YpoA7 TIL Kane Tanaka, the oldest person currently alive, was born before the Wright brothers flew. As of today (April 19th), she is the only human ever to exist during the first powered flights on both Earth and Mars.
JYJ9Q TIL that seaweed was such an important fertilizer during the Great Potato Famine, some people would actually steal seaweed from the shorelines of private properties.