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TIL That the letter sent to NWA by the FBI is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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AElo TIL Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams are the only two US Presidents that did not use a Bible at their swearing-in ceremonies.
8aZyK TIL that Scotchgard was discovered by accident. Patsy Sherman, a chemist at 3M, dropped a chemical substance on one of her shoes while she was trying to develop a rubber material that could stand up to jet fuel. Later, when her shoes got dirty, she noticed that one spot stayed clean
X06wD TIL When male mongooses fight, the females sneak away to have sex with other males elsewhere.
XEDer TIL President Garfield’s cause of death wasn’t so much the bullet wound from his assassination attempt as much as it was the treatment he received afterward. His doctors’ clumsy, unsanitary attempts to heal him resulted in a severe, painful infection that killed him three months later.
awxNJ TIL that Hans Zimmer is Jewish