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TIL that every president since Richard Nixon has had an assassination attempt.

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wLrE TIL that Michael Jackson’s famous “lean” in Smooth Criminal was made possible through a special patented “anti-gravity illusion” shoe.
gjVL TIL in 2012, over 1 million residents in the Zimbabwe city of Bulawayo were asked to flush their toilets exactly at 7:30 PM on a Saturday to unblock and clear out the sewer system of the city.
ADWZx TIL: The oldest bar in the world is in Ireland. Archeological records have found that the walls of Sean’s Bar have been around, and serving, since 900 AD. Further, there are records of every owner of the pub back to its 10th century founding. It opened over 1100 years ago.
Y4QZ TIL a fake town named “Agloe” was placed on a map for copyright purposes. Some people opened a shop at that location and named their store “Agloe General Store”, thus turning the fake town into a real one.
kJYme TIL about Lettice Fisher who worked to reform UK laws such as the "Bastardy Acts" in order to challenge the stigma associated with single parent families, and to provide them with support