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TIL that Michael Jordan once refused to endorse a Democrat against a Republican because “Republicans buy sneakers too.”

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0d7l1 TIL that in 1949, Wernher von Braun wrote a science fiction novel in which he named the leader of Mars "Elon"
e0NOL TIL that Gerald Ford's presidency caused problems for political cartoonists, as he was considered so nondescript they couldn't work out what to caricature
5YxK9 TIL that Benjamin Franklin's many inventions include the flexible urinary catheter, odometer and swimming fins. He never got parents and wrote, “we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
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