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TIL Larry King crashed into John F. Kennedy’s car in 1958. John F. Kennedy said he’d forget the whole thing if King promised to vote for him when he ran for president.

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Q1dL TIL Algeria’s national anthem was first written in blood inside a prison cell wall by an Algerian revolutionary while imprisoned by the French colonial regime.
OGkQ7 TIL that Pyrocumulonimbus clouds form during intense wildfires when the heat from the fire sends a lot of smoke and hot air high into the atmosphere. This can create a type of cloud that is capable of producing lightning, which can sometimes start new fires.
OGbP4 TIL about the last Kauai ōʻō bird in world and its last song. It was last recorded in 1987, singing to a mate that would never come, and has since been declared extinct.
PO7J TIL the entire crew of the USS William D Porter, a WW2 destroyer, were placed under arrest after accidentally firing a torpedo at President Roosevelt aboard the USS Iowa during training drills. Other mishaps and failings give the ship one of the worst careers in history.
ZdGa TIL a mapmaker made up the town of Agloe, NY as a copyright trap. When it appeared on another map in the ‘50s the mapmaker tried to sue only to find that it had become a real town, making a lawsuit impossible