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TIL that during the Watergate investigation, the Nixon team offered to let a Democratic Senator listen to the 'Nixon tapes'. A Senator who was hard of hearing and on pain medication.

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yVP7e TIL about Cecilia Chiang, who changed America's opinions of Chinese food. Among other things, she taught Chinese cooking to Julia Child and James Beard.
8e8oX TIL that the first airline started in 1914, with scheduled service between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. The flight took 23 minutes at a cruising altitude of 5 feet.
bgOa TIL President Bush’s AIDS initiative has saved over a million people’s lives.
ne1JG TIL there are robotic stuffed animals made specifically for senior citizens suffering from cognitive impairment and decline. Meant to reproduce many actions and sounds of real animals they provide comfort for those unable to care for real pets much less themselves.
ywaX TIL In November 2016, North Korea made a state request to officials in China pleading for them to stop referring to ‘glorious leader’ Kim Jong-un as fat. Some of his nicknames in China were: Kim Fatty III, Kim Fat Fatty, and Kim Abundant III.