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TIL That after Kennedy used the first televised debate to boost his image, no sitting president agreed to hold a debate for 16 years

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GyV1 TIL: One of the 57 people killed in the 1980 Mt St. Helens explosion was an 83 year old lodge owner named Harry Truman. Just before the 1980 eruption he said ’“If the mountain goes, I’m going with it” He and his 16 cats are presumed to have died in the eruption.
YayG TIL new Google employees are called ‘nooglers’ and are given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.
BrRdx TIL about Bothie, the only dog ever to have left paw prints at the North and South Poles
5KOB TIL in 2008, when South Korea’s Health Ministry requested a lower price for a leading HIV drug made by Roche, the pharma company refused to sell it. The head of Roche’s Korea division reportedly said, “We are not in the business to save lives, but to make money. Saving lives is not our business.”
vgGK TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis lost his virginity at the age of 12, to his father’s 18-year old girlfriend, with his father’s blessing