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TIL that the US hasn’t had a bearded president since 1893.

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69py7 TIL the night before Iraq invaded Kuwait there was a soar in pizza orders made by the CIA
6g8m TIL that Vincent van Gogh painted “Starry Night” from his room at Saint-Paul Asylum, where he self committed himself for mental illness.
b9Ap4 TIL part of Washington, DC was returned to Virginia in 1846 in a process called "retrocession," but the sections donated by Maryland have resisted the idea of being reunited with Maryland.
61m TIL Monks in northern Japan would practice self-mummification. A practice in which they would exercise rigorously to rid all body fat from their system, begin drinking a poisonous tea, and remain in a tiny tomb in the lotus position until confirmed dead. The process took over 3000 days.