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TIL because of JFK's assassination, US Presidents are no longer allowed to drive on public roads after they've taken office. Even after out of office.

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XEyl8 TIL that "Nimh" in the movie "Secret of Nimh" stands for "National Institute of Mental Health" and is based on a book about the institute that did horrific studies on rats
ANVl TIL, an explorer named 7 mountains after his wife’s nipple
6ZNm TIL: IMAX projectionists wear body armor when handling IMAX lamps; if dropped, they can explode resulting in quartz shrapnel.
Yp86P TIL that the Pandemic Drive Through was invented by Dr. Eric Weiss in 2009 and tested at Stanford Hospital in response to the H1N1 (Swine Flu).
N7rbN TIL Helium was first discovered in 1868 on the SUN. Astronomers at the time noticed a certain wavelength in sunlight which could not be produced by any known element at the time. It was thought that the gas was only present on the sun, thus was named after the Greek god Helios.