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TIL about Valentino syndrome, named after Rudolph Valentino, who died of a perforated gastric ulcer misdiagnosed as appendicitis.

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NX7KN TIL Shen Fu Tsong was the first recorded Chinese person to step foot in Britain. Tsong cataloged the Chinese collection in the Bodleian Library, showed the librarian how to hold Chinese books, and explained their contents. King James II had Tsong's portrait painted and hung in his bed chamber.
rNEDd TIL when President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz, members of the crowd began beating the latter. The President then told the attackers to "go easy on him, boys." McKinley survived initially but died 8 days later. Leon Czolgosz was executed by electrocution a few months later.
7rA4x TIL pigs can be taught to play video games. They are able to control a cursor with a joystick and move it to the indicated area. They tried the same game with dogs, but even after extensive training dogs weren't able to understand the goal. Pigs even beat chimpanzees.
5Vm4r TIL: The president of France is the co-prince of Andorra.
4kmaX TIL there was a 1983 mars landing planned in 1969