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TIL Andrew Jackson gave his 21-year-old niece the role of First Lady when his wife died. She was praised for the food and alcohol she served during her tenure.

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jN94p TIL Steven Seagal bragged he was immune to being choked unconscious due to his training. While trying to prove it, a stunt coordinator choked him out and Seagal voided his bowels
6E8Lm TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital, but his care via the Veteran's Admin. didn't cover a 911 ambulance. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed and Jimmy John's answered; so JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
84Ob TIL When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
MZe0 TIL that heavy fertilizer runoff in the Caribbean has led to a massive seaweed bloom that is piling up on beaches, in some areas, as much as 10 feet high.
Xwlk TIL Czech Nurse Honoured for Sleeping with Nazi Soldiers to Give Them STDs and Kill Them