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TIL due to a lack of family and friends in attendance at his funeral, the pallbearer’s of Lee Harvey Oswald’s casket were reporters.

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4K5w TIL: That “fruit salad trees” are real, and can grow several different kinds of fruit.
e0bNE TIL Teddy Roosevelt once had his boat stolen by three armed thieves. With the help of two friends he built a new boat and personally tracked down and captured the thieves.
aJGy TIL Lots-o’-Huggin bear from Toy Story 3 was originally meant to appear in the first film but the technology needed to animate his fur did not yet exist.
9wvg6 TIL the saung, a type of arched harp that’s the national musical instrument of Myanmar, is ancient: it’s believed to have been introduced to the country from India as early as 500 CE.
kBvE TIL The U.S. dumped 20,000 pounds of pure sodium into a Washington lake to dispose of a surplus.