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TIL that Gerald Ford was born as Leslie King Jr. Soon after he was born, Leslie King Sr. drew a butchers knife on his wife and baby son, prompting her to move out, divorce him and remarry a paint salesman named Gerald Ford. They then decided to give the baby his name instead.

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