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TIL that 25% of US Presidents were raised without a father.

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Egjp TIL: There is a replica of the White House in Atlanta which was built as a Private Home
b6py4 TIL that a man died of suffocation in his sleep because of a blocked nose
R7KPa TIL professional clowns who want to patent their look can paint their likeness on an egg and have them stored in the Clown Gallery in East London. This egg registry acts as an informal copyright that protects a clown from having their look stolen by a copycat.
kD0m TIL three out of four of the longest recorded sniper kills were by Canadians
KOxkQ TIL in 2015, 100-year-old pub, The Carlton Tavern was illegally demolished by greedy developers. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II; because of that was subsequently ordered to be rebuilt brick by brick by the developer.