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TIL that the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated was Joseph Smith, who founded Mormonism.

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OGa74 TIL of Togo Heihachiro a Japanese admiral, who helped defeat Russia in 1905. Heihachiro believed he was the reincarnation of Horatio Nelson and was so admired that upon his death, the navies of the UK, USA, France, Netherlands Italy and China all honoured him.
R5nX9 TIL self-defense is not an enumerated right under US Constitution
oRea8 TIL when an individual suffered a cardiac arrest in a rural Minnesotan grocery store, roughly 20 bystanders stood up and performed CPR continuously for over ninety minutes until emergency medical services arrived - remarkably, the individual survived.
awErJ TIL The NETHERLANDS MAKES TRAINS FREE ON NATIONAL BOOK DAY FOR THOSE WHO SHOW A BOOK INSTEAD OF TICKET
xYGB TIL the US Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr (which enabled federal courts to intervene in redistricting cases) was so contentious that one of the justices chose to retire for stress-related health reasons without giving an opinion.