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TIL of ‘Code of the Secret Service’, a movie which lead actor Ronald Reagan called “the worst picture I ever made.” The film inspired a man named Jerry Sparr to join the Secret Service, who in 1981, saved President Ronald Reagan from an assassination attempt

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xPp7 TIL 63% of the largest Native American reservation’s population don’t have telephones.
WO54 TIL courts can order Vaccinating of a child Over the Parents’ wishes during a outbreak
oO6K TIL there is a water filled cave in Nevada that experiences “miniature tsunamis” in response to earthquakes as distant as Japan.
b9lra TIL the creation of public drinking fountains in the US was supported by the Temperance Movement to stop people from drinking alcohol.
9YkBm TIL in 2001 the Crown Prince of Nepal shot dead 9 members of his family at a dinner party, including the King and Queen. He then shot himself and died three days later.