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TIL Redheads are twice as likely than those with other hair colors to avoid dental care, and require up to 20% more anesthesia than non-gingers

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VMgO0 TIL President Harry S. Truman was so poor after his presidency that Congress had to enact a law to give him a pension. President Herbert Hoover the only other living ex-president took the pension as well, despite his wealth, to avoid embarrassing Truman.
NXGZP TIL of Ernst Haeckel a German scientist who in 1914 was the first person to call The First World War, The First World War.
wLwdY TIL Idaho got its name because some guy George M. Willing proposed the name to Congress, claiming that it was Shoshone Indian for “Gem of the Mountain,” when it was really just a word he made up.
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9pM7 TIL Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the “Like” button the “Awesome” button.