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TIL that Rodney Dangerfield smoked pot at the White House during the Reagan administration.

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Xwx8 TIL that this is the oldest known photograph of a human being in existence. This is a busy street and there was tons of traffic, but since the exposure was so long, about 15-20 minutes, none of the moving figures can be seen. Only one man shows up.
a480 TIL that after being read The Declaration of Independence by George Washington, a crowd pulled down an equestrian statue of King George in New York City and used the lead to make musket balls.
pj7G TIL that before the invention of postage stamps, the recipient of a letter or package had to pay the postage when they received it, effectively buying their incoming mail from the postal service
Ax0a TIL defectors think North Korean soldiers have almost no chance of winning a war with South Korea
WkAYd TIL of Mostelaria, or "the haunted house": a Roman comedy play by Plautus, about a young man who trashes his father's house in a party while the latter in on a business trip and invents a story about the house been haunted in order to delay his father when he unexpectedly returns