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TIL that the United States has had at least one Nobel prize winner every year since 1936

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ADwln TIL about the hijacking of the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso in 2011 in the Gulf of Aden. A story about pirates, international fraud, cover ups, and murder.
gMVP8 TIL former Man vs. Food host Adam Richman was almost killed by Florida Man
7OlO TIL Andrew Johnson got “really, extremely, terribly, infuriously, youthfully drunk” after the death of Abraham Lincoln… and then continued to take his Presidential Oath of Office hungover.
vx64 TIL The US Pledge Of Allegiance originally had a distinctive “salute” to use called the Bellamy salute. It was discontinued during WWII as it looked exactly like a Nazi salute.
Y7OkB TIL that Rocky Marciano is the only boxer to have stopped every opponent, that he faced for the World Heavyweight Championship.