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TIL, that Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff was Donald Regan

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awXGZ TIL that during the American Revolution at the Siege of Boston —as winter approached— the Americans were so short on gunpowder that soldiers were given spears to fight with in the event of a British attack
oRyN7 TIL paleobiologist Peter Vrsansky once discovered, in one single spot in Ecuador, "more than 150 cockroach species – more than those currently living in all of Europe"
PY7jJ TIL that commercial radio was invented due to a bet. Frank Conrad, the inventor, wanted to settle a $5 bet about the accuracy of his $12 watch. He ended up building a radio receiver with the original purpose to hear the time signals transmitted by the U.S. Naval Observatory.
9w6wm TIL that core samples provided evidence that the tug of Jupiter and Venus has caused shifts in Earth’s orbit every 405,000 years for at least 415 Million years.
LkemV TIL Ronald Reagan at 69, "pledged to resign if he became "senile"".