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TIL Harry Truman was once a member of the KKK

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9YDgM TIL of Smoky, a Yorkshire terrier who helped save the lives of 250 soldiers in 1944
w4Lo TIL that Nicholas Cage was on the cover of a Serbian biology textbook from 1991 to 2003
rM1M TIL that Rolex is a private non-profit company. Its owned by trust which is run by custodians who do not benefit finically. Rolex profit is either re-invested in the company or donated to charities in Geneva.
ELLx TIL That NASA pilots routinely intercepted and defeated U.S. Navy Phantom IIs in mock dogfights, until complaints from the Navy put an end to the harassment.
EXxw TIL it’s possible to be declared brain-dead falsely because most physicians look at the brain stem, which controls heart and lung functions, but not the cortex, which coordinates consciousness