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TIL that 1/3 of JFK's secret service staff were hungover on the day of his assassination.

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OLXL TIL that Stalin’s son Yakov was captured while fighting Nazis in 1941. Nazis offered to exchange him for Friedrich Paulus, the German Field Marshal captured by the Soviets, but Stalin turned the offer down allegedly saying, “I will not trade a Marshal for a Lieutenant.”; Yakov died in captivity
PJNe TIL that McDonald’s in New Zealand serves a “Kiwiburger” that tops a beef patty with a fried egg and a slice of beet.
LBJr TIL Chris Pratt worked as a coupon salesman and a daytime stripper before becoming homeless in Maui. Of the experience, Pratt said, “It’s a pretty awesome place to be homeless. We just drank and smoked weed and worked minimal hours, just enough to cover gas, food, and fishing supplies.”
wLxAE TIL in 2011 Apple had over two billion dollars more in cash reserves than the US Treasury.
4XgD6 TIL that there are over 20,000 adults suffering from congenital rubella syndrome in the USA after their mums caught Rubella in the 60s. They suffer deafness, blindness and neurological problems.