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TIL Woodrow Wilson is the only US President with a PhD.

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4XBBo TIL about Clarence Elkins, a man who was falsely convicted of murdering his mother-in-law. He believed that the killer was Earl Mann, a local criminal, also in the same jail. In prison, he stole one of Mann's cigarettes and sent it to his wife. After DNA testing showed a match, Elkins was released.
Z14G TIL: That Mary Pinchot Meyer (JFK’s mistress) was murdered 3 weeks after the Warren Commission Report was released. An unsolved murder that has prompted and investigation into the CIA involvement.
woOD1 TIL that Nitrogen Mustard a chemical weapon, led to breakthroughs in chemotherapy. This is because of its ability to prevent cell duplication.
gWry TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, decided to run for President himself in 1844, on a platform of smaller government and God as lawgiver.
kODBB TIL: for April fools Day 1957 the BBC programme panorama made a hoax video exploring the bountiful 'Spaghetti Harvest' that year