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TIL Rotten Tomatoes rates the Toy Story trilogy as the greatest of all time, with 2 100% and 1 99% Rating.

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XEjlk TIL All US Army Helicopters are named after Indigenous North American Tribes
BwYD TIL according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, unplanned pregnancies cost US taxpayers $2.1B each year, more than half of U.S. pregnancies are unintended, and roughly 1-in-20 American women of reproductive age have an unplanned pregnancy each year.
4XApo TIL about the failed assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson. Following a congressional funeral, the assailant attempted to shoot him, however his pistol misfired. He then pulled out a second loaded pistol, it too misfired. Jackson responded by clubbing the man with his walking cane several times.
RZv7 TIL when he became President Eisenhower allowed his son to serve in the Korean war only on one condition: that he promise never be captured alive
9pR6 TIL that the longest word in the world is the protein that gives the springiness to your muscles. The name has over 189,000 letters and would take over 5 hours to read. It is also known as ‘Titin’.