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TIL Woodrow Wilson is the only US President with a PhD.
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TIL The makers of Trials Evolution hid a century-spanning scavenger hunt/cryptic alternate reality game within their game. Those who solved it found hidden keys, with the promise they will open a box beneath the Eiffel tower in 2113
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TIL Author J.D. Salinger stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and carried a work in progress with him which would later become “Catcher in the Rye”
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TIL as young actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire blocked the release of a film they starred in as it debased their clean images. After settling a lawsuit filed against them by the film’s producer it remains unreleased in the US.
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TIL the song "Toxic" by Britney Spears that received widespread acclaim from music critics and won Best Dance Recording at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards was initially offered to Kylie Minogue for her album Body Language, but she turned it down.
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TIL of Richard Pavlick, a retired postal worker who slipped past the Secret Service on a mission to assassinate president-elect JFK in 1960. Pavlick decided not to attempt the assassination because he did not wish to harm Kennedy's wife and children.