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TIL an estimated 10% of the population of Seychelles is addicted to heroin

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ZrJv TIL there have only been two vice presidential resignations, John Calhoun and Spiro Agnew, in United States history. If a vice president resigns, both Houses of Congress must approve any vice presidential nominee made by the President.
wLgW8 TIL that in 1953 the CEOs of General Motors and General Electric were both named Charles E. Wilson. To avoid confusion people referred to them as "Engine Charlie" and "Electric Charlie".
loEo5 TIL: Human corpses keep moving for a year after death.
yJKJ TIL show producers gave a homeless man $100,000 to do what he wants; within 6 months he had nearly spent all the money, and he eventually went broke and became homeless again.
M7AEa TIL there were at least nine U.S. Army colonels from Virginia at the outbreak of the Civil War. The only one who joined the Confederate Army was Robert E. Lee.