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Til The Secret Service tried to paint the White House Camoflage

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wYg6 TIL that President Andrew Jackson was sent a 1,400lb block of cheese. When two years passed and the cheese was still around, he held an open house party at the White House and 10,000 people helped him eat it. Even after it was gone, the stink of the cheese lingered in the White House for years.
J16ov TIL that there was an A.I. bot "Tay", developed by Microsoft, turned into a massive internet troll after a day on Twitter.
8eeLX TIL That Zoroastrianism was the official Religion of the first Persian Empire
xVaQ1 TIL the $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher and 0% to the authors. If you email a researcher and ask for their paper, they are allowed to send them to you for free and will be genuinely delighted to do so.
PX7Z TIL the oldest person ever lived to 122 years old and smoked cigarettes until age 117.