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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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5Y1Q8 TIL about how British forces burned the city of Cork in Ireland in 1920 as an act of retribution in the Irish War of Independence
KOJAQ TIL Michelangelo and Leonardo were actually commissioned to paint frescos in the same room on opposite walls and it was to be Florence's premier "event" at the time. They hated each other, bickered, and neither every actually completed their work.
KOvw9 TIL about the Cheerleader Effect which makes people look more attractive when in groups
gEY8 TIL Nestle would aggressively market baby formula in developing countries, causing unnecessary death and suffering of infants.
MelKV TIL about how Japan built a train station around a 700 year old tree to preserve it