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TIL Teddy Roosevelt’s charisma had been described as “He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.”

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ngl7 TIL that Russia’s area is larger than the total surface area of Pluto
W7VA4 TIL that 440 nuclear reactors provide 10% of the worlds total electricity.
KdwQ TIL that in 1830, a black man named Ira Aldridge portrayed the title character in Othello and stunned critics not because his acting was excellent, but because a black man could remember “the most difficult passages” correctly
vgGK TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis lost his virginity at the age of 12, to his father’s 18-year old girlfriend, with his father’s blessing
45xb TIL Lagunita Brewing Company has a beer called Undercover Shutdown Ale, which is named as such because after a stakeout of their brewery, no charges were filed because “no one was willing to sell it to them (officers), but everyone was willing to give it to them for free.”