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TIL Richard Nixon composed a piano concerto, and played it live on the Tonight Show in the 60's

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dDroj TIL walking through a doorway can cause you to forget
Eg56X TIL Chiang Kai-shek's adopted son, Chiang Wei-kuo, was an officer candidate in the Wehrmacht from 1936 to 1939 and participated in the Anschluss before being recalled back to China.
mxlOP TIL in 1870, the corrupt leader of NYC’s city Hall, Boss Tweed offered the New York Times the equivalent of $100 million to not publish their expose on his political corruption.
xN9B TIL Japanese researchers created a smoke alarm for the hard of hearing that pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air.
JvrB TIL: In Uxbridge, Massachusetts (36 miles southwest of Boston), the local police department has requested that people STOP POOPING ON TRAINS from overpasses.