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TIL: CSPAN was created by the cable companies in 1979 as a free public service for all. Anyone could watch live our Congress doing their jobs. Now? C-SPAN requires verification of a cable or satellite subscription but hopes someday they can be free to the general public again.

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xmRD TIL a Green Bay Packers fan who paid for game tickets by donating blood, had a rare, undiagnosed condition in which blood letting was the only treatment. Buying tickets continuously saved his life.
Ooy44 TIL It's possible to die from being too sad due to the stress hormones that get released.
X0yk TIL the President has a blood bank, with his own blood type, in the trunk of his car
gMwRW TIL the President of the United States technically has the right to shut off the internet for all US citizens in case of a "national emergency" – also known as the presidential internet kill switch.
PYvje TIL that clozapine (an antipsychotic drug) can cause constipation so severe that you vomit fecal material. A man is reported of dying from pneumonia that developed after aspirating such vomitus.