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TIL female snakes can decide whether or not they become pregnant after intercourse

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GVO7 TIL a month before FDR’s taking of office, a mentally ill man attempted to assassinate Roosevelt, instead killing Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago, and wounding four others. On his ride to the hospital, Cermak allegedly said to FDR, “I’m glad it was me instead of you.”
x6PBw TIL: the population of mountain gorillas currently is a little less than 1000.
wL54o TIL that India produces surplus amount of electricity but it lacks the infrastructure to transmit the electricity produced. India is also the third largest producer and consumer of electricity.
baKp TIL that on his deathbed, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, asked his wife to inject him with LSD and for her to stay by him, he died 6 hours later and she notes it as ‘the most beautiful death she has ever experienced’
XEL4P TIL: When Jack Dempsey was 75 years old, 2 young muggers tried to rob him, Dempsey broke loose and KO'd both of them on sidewalk, Jack Dempsey was ferocious heavyweight champion who inspired Mike Tyson