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TIL When President Ronald Reagan has been admitted to a hospital in 1981 due to being shot by John Hinckley Jr., he joked “Please tell me you’re all Republicans.” To which a surgeon who was a liberal democrat himself replied, “We’re all Republicans today.”

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LQjbp TIL that in the infamous Ford Pinto, tests found that a 1 dollar piece, 1 pound piece of plastic would have prevented the gas tank from being ruptured. However, this was discarded as it went over the arbitrary 2000 pound and 2000 dollar limit executive Lee Iacocca had.
e0GY5 TIL two thirds of Argentina's population is of Italian heritage. They fled there for economic opportunities and to escape devastating wars. It is the only other country besides Italy with an Italian heritage majority population.
ONVa TIL The United States attempted to buy Greenland in 1946 for $100,000,000 ($1.3 billion today).
ADV9B TIL: In May of 2012, a U.S. nuclear sub was damaged beyond repair by fire. Investigators eventually discovered that a sailor had set the fire to "get out of work early." He was sentenced to 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $400 million to replace the sub.
pRk4 TIL there is a growing conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting never happened. As a result many of the victim’s families are being harassed.