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TIL in 1961 Ronald Reagan released a spoken-word album warning against socialized medicine.

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QXXE TIL There is a man still living with no heart. Fully conscious, speaking, and feeling yet he just doesnt have a pulse.
167yO TIL that the word “fragging” refers to a soldier’s deliberate or attempted killing of a fellow soldier, usually a superior. The term was coined by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War, during which there were nearly 900 documented and suspected fragging incidents from 1969 to 1972.
R597Q TIL grizzly bears and polar bears can interbreed. There have been 8 such instances documented, all tracing back to the same female polar bear
X89E TIL Iceland’s navy took on the UK, Germany and Belgium in three “Cod Wars”, and won all three times with only one death
bOV9 TIL that Mount Everest is completely blanketed in 3G network coverage and has been since 2010. All the way to the summit.