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TIL that an African American secret service agent that guarded JFK was arrested and imprisoned on bribery charges in 1964. Coincidentally he was going to tell the Warren Commission that his fellow agents were intoxicated most of the time and had a lackadaisical approach to their job

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mxQEM TIL that our ability to taste sour comes from our ability to detect Hydrogen ions in our saliva. Hydrogen ions are Hydrogen atoms lacking their electron leaving just a proton. Thus protons are sour!
GdMG TIL Democrats used to be “red” (the color associated with socialism) and Republicans used to be “blue” (the color associated with the Union Army). It changed in the 1984 election because “Reagan”, “Republican” and “Red” all start with “Re”.
YvWB TIL that a 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised as a chimney sweep then ran off with her underwear.
QJJ4k TIL the physics behind why tea kettles whistle was not well understood until 2013.
lpm1 TIL that the “Cadillac-driving welfare queen” made famous by Reagan’s speeches was a real person – and her crime and deception extended far beyond welfare fraud.