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TIL that when the Super Bowl and the Presidential Inauguration conflicted, the President did the coin toss ceremony for the Super Bowl and had his public inauguration the next day.

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4XEkX TIL J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, served in WW2 and landed on D-Day while carrying the first six chapters of the book with him. At the end of the war he checked himself into a mental institution. When he got out, he signed back up and participated in the denazification of Germany.
neGr TIL that Edward James Olmos was contacted about being the captain of the Enterprise for The Next Generation but turned it down, only to become the captain of another famous ship later on.
NBV8 TIL The world’s largest sperm bank won’t accept sperm from gingers!
YMBW TIL that patients who are informed what drug they are going to be trialling, and are then placed on a placebo, can experience adverse reactions as well as positive outcomes. They can also become addicted to placebo medication.
WL4 TIL there are wild birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws.