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TIL Herbert Hoover was the first President to be born west of the Mississippi River.

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4klvo TIL In 1987, an 18-month old girl, Jessica McClure, fell 22 feet into a well in her aunt’s property in Midland, Texas. The rescue took 58 hours and was televised on CNN, the first 24 hr news station.
goA TIL: You can buy a pair of pillows that will glow and transmit the heartbeat of your significant other to help ease the pain of long distance relationships
MegE7 TIL a 19-year old who was frozen completely solid was discharged from hospital 49 days later without any damage to brain or body
ZbxR TIL during WWII the Germans captured a Russian T34 Tank then sank it in a lake in Estonia where it was rediscovered and after cleaning it up the engine was able to run.
pYdee TIL that the immobilizing foam from Hulk (2003) is a real thing, often used to booby trap vehicles transporting nuclear weapons