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TIL Donald Rumsfeld was behind the questionable legalisation of Aspartame

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VNjQ TIL the assassin of President Garfield, Charles Guiteau, shot the President with a gun that had ivory grips because he wanted it to look good as a museum exhibit after the assassination.
yQGv8 TIL that in the 50's NASA recruited Deaf people to research why they didn't get motion sickness. Tests included flights in 'Vomit Comet' and sailing in the rough seas (researchers got violently sick, while Deaf people just played cards happily).
KmMa TIL Red titi monkeys form monog­a­mous pairs, mating for many years. They can have up to 3 gen­er­a­tions of off­spring liv­ing in the fam­ily group at any time. Male and fe­male pairs sleep to­gether and often en­twine their tails dur­ing sleep. Male par­ents are the main care­givers.
6E0yZ TIL about restocking lakes with fish by dumping them from an airplane. Supposedly 95% of the fish survive!
Mxk0 TIL that in “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” Rufus never tells them his name. They learn his name from their future selves, who mention it when they come back to visit their past selves at the Circle K.