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TIL Charles Barkley was about to run for Governor of Alabama as a Republican until “they lost their minds.”

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4k0yN TIL That McDonald's was forced to discontinue the production, and distribution, of their spoon shaped coffee stirrers after it was discovered they had become popular among cocaine users.
W79YL TIL Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President James Garfield in 1881, survived two assassination attempts after he was apprehended. One shooter was his own prison guard, William Mason, who received an 8-year sentence. The other, farmer Bill Jones ("The Avenger"), was acquitted.
xVjjD TIL when American troops were sent to capture Guam in the Spanish-American War, the Spanish officers rowed out to meet the Navy after being fired at. The Spanish had no clue a war broke out and thought the attack was a salute.
jNe4a TIL Nikola Tesla, a man who spoke 8 languages, made dozens of inventions, was 1.88 m tall and is known to us as one of the greatest geniuses ever, once said "that he felt he could never be worthy enough for a woman, considering women superior in every way."
9Vdm TIL Stephen Fry claims to know the true reason for Douglas Adams choosing 42 as the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Saying it’s “fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious.” Alas, he also says he’ll take the true meaning to his grave.