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TIL Calvin Coolidge was so unknown as Vice President that when Major League Baseball sent him complimentary tickets they misspelled his name.

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GYKON TIL a 1970s East German currency shortage lead to the modern Vietnamese coffee industry
P19eV TIL that "pink peppercorns" don't come from the pepper plant at all! Some variants are related to the cashew and can even trigger tree nut allergies.
jNDnv TIL of a rare complication from a rare disease. 43 year old man had pectus excavatum repair at age 7, but at his older age was still extremely exhausted. Doctors found that the early procedure in his life had destroyed his rib growth plates. His rib cage had stopped growing after 7 years old
pVab TIL the first movie made about the sinking of the Titanic was released only 29 days after the event. The lead actress was an actual survivor, and suffered a mental breakdown after filming.
lorNr TIL The Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York, and other long suspension bridges like it, are built with the curvature of the earth in mind. The two towers are 41 mm farther apart at the top than at the base, which makes the bridge not fall over.