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TIL Seven Months Before JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Assassinate a Former Army General

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mZVv TIL For over a 150 years, pitbulls were known as “Nanny dogs” for keeping childrens safe and beeing a tolerant breed (Article’s part 1 and 2 can be found at the end of the article)
1apVr TIL the founder of Herbalife died after overdosing on non-herbal sleep aids
Yp65v TIL in 1993, an FBI agent in a gorilla suit helped catch Mexican zoo officials who were attempting to smuggle primates from America to Mexico illegally. The five people that were caught were charged with trafficking primates in violation of federal laws protecting endangered species.
XE0KE TIL that spiders can fly for miles and have been found 2.5 miles above earth surface.
YpDn7 TIL: A Hungarian man wrote a book on how to raise a genius, raising three daughters with the methods he pioneered, using chess as an example. His youngest daughter is Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time.