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TIL: Upon leaving the presidency in 1953, President Truman and his wife Bess drove themselves back home to Independence, Missouri.

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JYMrB TIL that the creator god of Hindu, Brahma has four hands. The first holds the Vedas (knowledge), the second holds Rosary (time), the third holds a Lotus (the means to feed sacrificial fire), the fourth holds a Water Pot (the means where all creation emanates from)
7bmr TIL an airline pilot ordered 30 pizzas for his passengers, after finding out they would be delayed 2 hours for weather. The pizzas were delivered within 30 minutes by Domino’s and were cleared by security and sent directly to the plane in an official airport vehicle.
vPMr TIL: The CEO of Red Lobster was fired due to an all you can eat promotion and underestimating American gluttony
v1ML8 TIL about Ed Long who clocked over 65,000 hours flying. Started at the age of 17 with his first and only lesson in 1933.
d8Lgj TIL 2 billion years a natural nuclear reactor existed in Gabon, and it is the only natural reactor we know the existence of today