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TIL the US presidential veto has a 96% success rate. Of 2574 vetoes Congress has only overturned 111.

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J1Rwv TIL Guillemots dive up to 300 feet deep to catch fish and krill
jNPXE TIL of the Sahara pump theory, which states that in about 10,000 years from now, the change in the orientation of the rotational axis of Earth's poles will move the North African Monsoon far enough north to convert the Sahara back into a tropical climate, as it was during 5,000–10,000 years ago
Lk4Lv TIL E.Kelly, singer for Scottish band "The Vaselines" cites Nirvana as the only reason he ever made money from music royalties. The band was largely unknown outside of Scotland before K.Cobain, a fan of theirs, covered some of their songs and invited them to open high profile gigs for Nirvana
erwJ TIL that in the UK you cannot cremate an amputated limb until its owner is dead, due to the Cremation Regulations act 2008, part 19(b)(i)
N7QDQ TIL that Boston Corbett - the man who killed John Wilkes Booth (the man who killed Abraham Lincoln) - most likely suffered from psychosis due to inhaling mercury fumes in his job as a hatter, and once castrated himself with a pair of scissors