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TIL despite being portrayed as young and healthy, John Kennedy was hospitalized dozens of times and on three occasions given his last rites.

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L51v TIL Korobeiniki, widely known for being featured in Nintendo’s 1989 release of Tetris, is actually a traditional Russian folk song. More details in comments.
pabO TIL: Since 1990- South Dakota has celebrated Native American Day instead of Columbus Day
0Zdv TIL- Doctor ignaz discovered that by washing his hands between delivering babys cut the mortality rate of infection from 35% to less than 1%. His ideas were rejected by the medical community and upset other doctors so much they put him in a insane asylum. He was beaten to death 14 days later
LQbap TIL "doughface" was a term used in the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War to describe Northern politicians who favored Southern positions in political disputes.
mxYxp TIL 'The Lost Generation' is a sad poem about society that ends with "all this will come true unless we choose to reverse it." If you read it backwards, each line has an opposite meaning, and it becomes happy.