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TIL that Gerald Ford is the only person ever to be Vice President, and later President, without being elected to either office.

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P1Qjn TIL that Pythagoras was not the first in record to come up with the idea that the Earth is round due to the shape of the moon. It is not known if Pythagoras actually said this. This is a clerical error made by Thomas Heath in 1915, and has been perpetuated by BBC, NASA and Encyclopedia Britannica.
M14b TIL President Eisenhower warned unending conflict would allow the Military Industrial Complex to degrade American Freedom in his farewell address.
R50JQ TIL that Shopify was initially made by a snowboard company. Unsatisfied with existing e-commerce, they created their own to sell their snowboards.
9Y4wG TIL of the thousand day ordeal of the Marathon Monks of Japan. They run daily marathons for hundreds of days, endure 7.5 days with no food, water, or sleep, and chant 100,000 mantras in front of a scorching fire. They carry a rope and a dagger with which to commit suicide if they fail.
Q61d TIL that The parliament of Iceland, established in 930, is the oldest active parliament in the world.