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TIL the last President to not be “High Net Worth” - Wealth less than 1 million - was Harry Truman, 1945-1953

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p8GJO Today I learned that the United States overthrew a liberal, democratically-elected government in Iran in 1953, and many other democratically-elected governments such as Salvadore Allende in Chile 1973
Z8GOD TIL King Leopold of Belgium had between 1-15 million Congolese people murdered while he exploited their area for rubber
b0YZ TIL Frank Zappa was refused permission to name his son Dweezil, so registered him as Ian instead. When 5-year-old Dweezil found out, he insisted on having it changed to Dweezil
ADGeg TIL many islands are connected to the internet by just one undersea cable. Most of these cables aren't buried, they just lay on the bottom of the ocean. In 2019, the entire Island of Tonga had no internet for 13 days due to their cable accidentally getting cut by an oil tanker.
789P TIL according to the Hayflick limit, humans can only possibly live up to 120 years old since our cells are programmed to die.