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TIL The name of mid-90s fad, "Pogs" was actually an acronym for Passion/Orange/Guava, which was the type of juice that kids used the caps of when it was first invented in Hawaii

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Me997 TIL Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth much less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949. In addition, the presidential pension was created in 1958 when Truman was again having financial hardship.
E1aKV TIL : The World population was about 300 million at the time of Jesus. A thousand years later it was about 310 million.
k5ZW TIL that A man survived for 40 years without sleeping.
VMNQQ TIL Alaska Congressman Nick Begich won re-election in 1972, despite having been declared missing in a plane crash three weeks before.
N7PJN TIL that during WWII, the US Navy discharged gay sailors at Treasure Island in San Francisco. This helped make SF both a refuge and a major travel destination for gay men.