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TIL: The former ambassador of Zaire (now Dem. Congo) to Poland, was found penniless - living in the Warsaw railway station, being attacked by other homeless people (in 1994)

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yQbQM TIL on October 2, 1978, Tim Allen was arrested in the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport for possession of over 650 grams (1.43 lb) of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to felony drug trafficking charges and provided the names of other dealers in exchange for a sentence of three to seven years.
wLd56 TIL that the motto, "In God We Trust," is not the original motto of the United States. During the Cold War, it was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism.
0dkeM TIL after two and a half hours of competing in the olympic high jump two athletes decided to share gold
yEQM TIL that the the first deodorant for men was launched in 1935 (decades after the introduction of deodorants for women) because, at the beginning of the 20th century, body odour was not considered a problem for men; it was a part of being masculine.
p8Xae TIL Clark Gable went to the hospital and was diagnosed to having suffered from a heart attack. He was improving but had a second heart attack that night from an infection in his heart and medical staff did not perform CPR for fear that it would rupture his heart and a defibrillator was not available