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TIL On Nov. 2, 1948 Harry S. Truman won the election for POTUS, but the Chicago Tribune went to press in the early morning saying Dewey had won!

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N0ZM TIL: A Japanese customs officer planted marijuana in a traveller’s suitcase, forgot who it was and the sniffer dogs missed it
Yp1aW TIL Some reindeer really do have red noses like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The color is due to an extremely dense array of blood vessels, packed into the nose in order to supply blood and regulate body temperature in extreme environments.
p89kZ TIL of Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year old Canadian Country Folk singer who was killed by coyotes while hiking in 2009. She is the only known adult ever killed by coyotes, and her death shocked wildlife experts and forced them to reassess the threat that coyotes pose to people.
v0KB TIL Lions inhabited many areas of Europe until they were hunted to extinction around 100 BCE.
R7V77 TIL the biggest infrastructure project in the U.S. ($512 BILLION), the Interstate Highway System, was built and championed by Eisenhower in 1956, because he thought it was virtually impossible to travel US roads after experiencing the German Autobahn in WW2 during his experience as General.