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TIL Franklin Pierce was the only president to “swear” (really affirm) his oath on a law book, not the bible

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jd8v TIL the person most directly responsible for the scale of tragedy of the Titanic was a radio operator who told the closest ship to shut up after it radioed iceberg warnings. As a result the ship shut off its radio. It would easily have arrived in time to save everyone on board.
1a7w4 TIL Phill Lewis, Mr. Moseby in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 1991 after killing a woman in a car crash.
VMjdp TIL about The Sarco, an assisted suicide machine invented by Philip Nitschke, it fills up with liquid nitrogen to bring the oxygen level down to about 5 percent. Within one minute the user passes out, and a few minutes later, death comes.
xmkg TIL variations in sexual orientation (homosexuality, bisexuality, etc) are found not just in humans, but in over 1000 species, most of which predate the existence of modern humans. The biological nature and origins of these variations are not understood, and are a subject of ongoing research.
wowbM TIL that a Confusional arousal is a condition when an individual awakens from sleep and remains in a confused state. It is characterized by the individual's partial awakening and sitting up to look around. They usually remain in bed and then return to sleep.