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TIL Excess Weight Can Weaken The Flu Shot

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0wrA5 TIL The US Senate still uses a page system. A system where it employs underage boys to run around delivering messages. It even has its own special school the boys, so they can be free to work.
b6rnp TIL Senator John Edwards of NC, USA cheated on his wife and had a child with another woman. He tried to deny it but eventually caved and admitted his mistake. He used campaign funds and was indicted by a grand jury. His life story inspired the show "The Good Wife" by Robert & Michelle King
Wk6O4 TIL Howard Cossell, a well-regarded sports commentator, gave up on commentating for boxing after a referee would not call a brutally one-sided fight.
rnd TIL that Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, wore a fat suit, ear extenders, and false teeth.
M7XyK TIL that, in 1960, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley gave Prince Akihito of Japan bluegill fish to be bred in Japan for food. They escaped captivity and are now an invasive species in Japan.