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TIL a scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for 60 years to prove it did not cause Arthritis. He got an Ig Nobel prize for the discovery

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Brgwy TIL President Harry S. Truman had a sign on his desk in the Oval Office that said, "The Buck Stops Here."
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