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TIL President Lyndon Johnson was infamous for having meetings while on the toilet

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O8Pe TIL that Big Bird has a Teddy bear named Radar. This is a tribute to actor Gary Burghoff, who played Radar O'Reilly in MASH a character who was known for his teddy bear companion. Burghoff was also an activist for bird preservation.
6QOm TIL that sea otters lick and fluff their newborn for hours, causing their pup’s fur to retain enough air to act as a floatation device.
d8W49 TIL Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was caught forging documents simply because the font that was used didn’t exist at the time the documents were allegedly created
lo9x5 TIL A single mother hires an actor to be her daughter's father...still ongoing for 10 years now
MeBKm TIL that Kleenex was invented and intended as a paper filter for gas-masks during World-War I.