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TIL That Eisenhower's Secretary of Agriculture would also become 13th President of the LDS Church, a position Mormon's believe makes one a prophet who can receive new revelation from God

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LD69 TIL right before President William McKinley was assassinated at a public reception, he had given his trademark good luck charm, a red carnation, to a 12-year old girl in the crowd.
YpNmd TIL picky eating is caused by genes, neurological issues and breast milk
v1rX7 TIL in Ancient Mesopotamia, people would regularly pour libations (liquids and grain) into their deceased relatives graves through a pipe as it was believed the dead did not have anything to eat or drink in the underworld besides dry dust.
VgnB TIL Stereotypes are more valid than most social psychological hypotheses