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TIL that since before The Civil War no Democrat has been elected President to replace an outgoing Democrat President.

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b5Np TIL Onions are the only crop to be completely banned from trading futures in. In the 1950’s a man named Vincent Kosuga acquired so much power that at one point he controlled 98% of onions in America. Farmers and buyers were so angry that Eisenhower banned the entire market.
9m5Q TIL that only 12 species of plants provide ¾ of the world’s food.
l7o9A TIL the "black rat" is of the genus Rattus and species Rattus, making it's official name the Rattus Rattus
P1pjL TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to their extinction without early human farmers.
NXQQ8 TIL that U.S. President John Kennedy survived 4 assassination attempts before he was killed in Dallas, Tx on 22 November 1963.