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TIL a Naval reservist was prosecuted and sentenced after pleading guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, though the “investigation did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel”

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xrWw TIL Dalmations are seen in popular culture as “firehouse dogs” because of their natural affinity towards horses They would commonly run alongside or underneath the horse drawn fire carriages in the days of old
YpbeA TIL Jeff Bezos’ team tried to keep him and his estranged wife, Mackenzie, together with a $12,500-a-week intensive therapy retreat in Maui, Hawaii. Friends wanted the Amazon boss to agree to a 30-day physical separation from Sanchez, and encouraged Jeff and MacKenzie to undergo couples therapy.
wLbO6 TIL Washington set the two-term President tradition. He declined a 3rd term because "The line between Parties” had become “so clearly drawn” that politicians “regard neither truth nor decency; attacking every character without respect to persons who happen to differ from themselves in Politics."
oBwrW TIL Sylvester H. Roper invented what may have been the first motorcycle. He died when he fell off his invention while racing riders on normal bicycles. The cause of death was found to be heart failure, although it is unknown if the crash was the cause of it, or if his heart failed before the crash.
W7xp9 TIL: In 536 A.D., there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for a year, resulting in widespread famine and disease.