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TIL President Grover Cleveland avoided the draft by paying a Polish immigrant to fight in his place during the Civil War.

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E1yAo TIL One of the reasons a full circle is 'decided' to be 360 degrees (and not a more obvious number, such as 100) because 360 is divisible by 24 different numbers, which makes it easy for math calculations. In contrast, 100 is only divisible by 9 different numbers.
d885K TIL that this parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue causing it to fall out. The parasite then becomes the fish’s new tongue.
rnm1 TIL that the Movie “Paranormal Activity” cost less than $15,000 to make but grossed over $193,000,000.
WkaJd TIL that the former ruler of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov (also called Turkmenbashi), outlawed beards, lip syncing, and gold teeth because all three annoyed him.
R5Nnw TIL Pixar’s Turning Red is one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, only making 19.8 million on a 175 million dollar budget.