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TIL that the Primaries that got Lyndon B. Johnson to the Senate were rigged

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78o9b TIL Roger Ebert co-wrote an x-rated sexploitation comedy
oB48R TIL in 2013 Harrison Okene, a cook aboard a Nigerian tugboat, was the only survivor of a crew of 12 when the boat sank. Trapped 100 feet below the surface, he survived for 72 hours in an air pocket before being rescued by Dutch divers from a nearby oil rig who had been sent in to recover the bodies.
6Ww7 TIL that every country in the United Nations has signed the “Convention on the Rights of a Child” except Somalia, South Sudan and the United States of America.
0AEp TIL The Nazis were using Meth under the name “Pervitin” to stay awake and focused in war. Even Hitler himselfe was very likely to be a meth-addict.
WkvDX TIL this species of desert tadpole shrimp, Triops newberryi, is found in the western US. It only hatches during periods of seasonal flooding and can live to 90 days. This shrimp's eggs are known to stay viable for at least 50 years. It is being considered as a biocontrol agent for larval mosquitoes.