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TIL it has been 122 years since the United States of America has had a bearded President

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l7YOB TIL There is a total of 184 birds in the 12 Days of Christmas.
R7ABj TIL Alexander Hamilton, a Scottish politician, had such a strong interest in Ancient Egyptian mummies that he arranged for his own body to be mummified and placed in a sarcophagus after his death.
9YbdX TIL COLONEL SANDERS Tried to sell his recipes to other restaurants. His recipe was rejected 1,009 times, When finally in 1952, He sold his secret recipe "Kentucky Fried Chicken" for the first time to the operator of one of the city's largest restaurants.A 6th grade drop out, fired from multiple jobs
W7voA TIL 70%-90% of detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention facility were mistakenly imprisoned
yQbja TIL the avarage human body has enough iron in it to forge a metal nail that is 3-inches long, enough sulfur to kill all fleas on a dog, enough carbon to make 900 pencils, enough potassium to fire a toy cannon, enough fat to make 7 bars of soap, and enough phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads.