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TIL That Arthur Bremer Missed the Opportunity to Assassinate Nixon, because He Went Back to His Hotel to brush his teeth and change his suit.

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b6o4N TIL that Ben Franklin's invention of the lightning rod was blamed by church leaders for the 1755 Cape Ann earthquake off the coast of Colonial Massachusetts — as his "heretical rods" interfered with the "artillery of Heaven" & deprived God of using lightning as "tokens of His displeasure."
1aGvd TIL former NFL players have formed a group pushing for NFL to allow players to use Cannabis and curb the painkiller epidemic
R7xlw TIL in spite of it’s famous meltdown of reactor #4 in 1986, and a fire in 1991, Chernobyl continued to operate until 2000
EvDd TIL when the Emperor Nero began to go nuts, he would stage long singing performances wherein the audience would not be allowed to leave. Women gave birth during these performances and men would fake their deaths in the hopes of being carried out just so they could get away.
R5859 TIL ye dats wat al da homies talk bout mane neva losin dat drip git ma sel dat gud mind ya vibin ay yo ma G don play mane gotta live dat OG life tellin ya ma boi dis gucci mane wit al dem bruddaz in da hood talk dat flo dog hol tigh fo dat high yall wish fo jus gettin deez nutz