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TIL: Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin shared a tortoise

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eGjE TIL that JFK took numerous medications during his time in office prescribed by a doctor nicknamed “Dr. Feelgood”. He was forced to stop administering Kennedy drugs by White House officials, and JFK’s leadership notably improved, leading to successes such as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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