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TIL US President Eisenhower drank 15 cups of coffee and smoked four packs of cigarettes per day while in office.

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M6nm TIL Soviet NKVD (KGB) chief Genrikh Yagoda was arrested and shot in 1938. His successor, Nikolai Yezhov, was arrested and shot in 1940. His successor, Lavrentiy Beria, was arrested and shot in 1953.
166dr TIL Jim Henson was an early pioneer in digital sets and computer-created puppets.
4XV45 TIL that the late Rick Jolly, a British Army surgeon in the Falklands conflict, saved every life under his care, both British and Argentine. He was the only man decorated by both Britain and Argentina for his services in the war.
kYee TIL Some Canadian police departments give out ‘positive tickets’ to thank people for doing something good.
66b8 TIL that “saying uncle” originated in Roman times, when “Uncle” was a term for a respected elder. Being called “uncle” usually satisfied a bully’s ego and ended the torment.