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TIL there were 8 US Presidents that filed for Bankruptcy

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aRJy TIL in 1949 BB King re-entered a burning music hall to save his favorite $30 Gibson guitar. King later learned the fire was started when two men knocked over a burning barrel of kerosene while fighting over a woman named Lucille. King has named every guitar he’s owned Lucille as a reminder.
4kKPN TIL the first Minnesota Twins mascot was named Twinkie and only lasted two years.
oRgRW TIL that there's an event in Louisiana where they have convicts sit in the middle of an arena playing poker while an angry bull charges at them
loGvA TIL Thomas Edison was considered to be troubled at learning by administrators. When his mother got thus report she pulled him out of school and decided to home school him. She believed he just saw things differently than others and needed more attention.
gMgr9 TIL that bees have a stomach specifically for honey. If they get hungry they can turn a valve which allows some of the collected nectar to travel to their stomach.