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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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VMkbp TIL horses at shows usually have a colored ribbon attached to their tails. They each represent different things: a red ribbon means the horse is a kicker, green means the horse is inexperienced and likely to misbehave, blue means the horse is a stallion, and white means the horse is for sale.
8eAp8 TIL in 1955, a unmanned plane took off from a small aerodrome near Sydney and flew for over 2 hours over the city. Two squadrons of Air Force planes were failed to shoot it down, including one with a guy hanging out of the cockpit with a Bren gun. It was finally shot down by a third RAAF squadron.
J1BkQ TIL The first bridge to span the Mississippi River was built in 1855 near Minneapolis. The Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge charged a toll. Price for pigs and sheep was 2 cents, humans paid 3 cents, horses cost 15 cents and carriages cost 25 cents.
b69dj TIL about the Danger Triangle of The Face, measured from the edges of the mouth to the bridge of the nose. It is possible, however unlikey, for infections to spread from the nasal area to the brain through the blood supply to this zone.
WGoN TIL that the at-sign, @, is not a modern invention. It has been found on documents as old as 1345.