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TIL Teddy Roosevelt had 31 pets at the White House. His pets included a one-legged rooster, a hyena, and a small bear.

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bYbN TIL Edgar Allen Poe wrote a novel in 1838 about a shipwreck where the survivors ate one of their own, Richard Parker. 46 years later, a yacht called the Mignonette sank, leaving 4 survivors. They, too ate one of the survivors, a cabin boy named Richard Parker.
VdgG TIL Nikola Tesla still has inventions classified by the US government.
16alX TIL that Tom Hanks is related to Mister Rogers and 16th US President Abraham Lincoln
E1EDx TIL that the town of Honiton U.K, has a "Hot Penny Day", a parade where children collect thrown coins. The tradition was purportedly started by wealthy people, whom would heat pennies on a stove, throw them into the streets, and laugh at the peasants burning their fingers while picking them up.
BrZ5r TIL April 18, 1930, was such a slow news day that at 6:30 PM, the BBC's radio announcer said, “There is no news."