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TIL that Karl Malone impregnated a 13 year old girl

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69Q7 TIL that “care package” comes from an acronym started in 1945 for “Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe.”
X0KWX TIL that scientists found evidence that there was once a naturally occurring nuclear reactor in the region of Oklo, Gabon.
awlPo TIL President Kennedy was prescribed a rocking chair for back pain. He found one he liked so much he bought 14 copies for the Oval Office, Camp David, Air Force One, and homes of his family. He also gifted them to heads of state.
E7Jx TIL that after his bomber was hit and the right wing fuel line was ignited by a German fighter, Sergeant James Allan Ward tied a rope around his waist and climbed outside the plane. He kicked holes in the fabric for handholds and put the fire out with a cockpit cover.