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TIL Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents

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ARGo TIL, John F. Kennedy actually had more than one assassination attempt. The first one was by a former postal worker. He built a bomb but didn’t detonate it because Kennedy had his wife and children with him.
Og11 TIL after finding out his wife was having an affair, the future King George I of England beat and choked her, divorced her, and then had her imprisoned for the rest of her life. And had her lover murdered.
W7GQN TIL It's a common practice in the Victorian Era to return or burn love letters when a relationship ends to prevent them from being used as blackmail or to compromise the honor of the parties involved
4kgGw TIL how a chandelier was made out of 11,500+ gummy bears & ended up on the set of Nickelodeon's iCarly.
VMjL0 TIL Canada will keep a foreigner's fingerprints for 15 years on attempting to enter the country, or until the applicant is 100 should they be refused entry on criminal grounds.