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TIL that the traditional breakfast of NASA astronauts is steak and eggs.

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0dyGA TIL William R. King was elected Franklin Pierce’s VP in 1852 and took the oath of office in Cuba due to tuberculosis. The only U.S. President or VP sworn in outside the country. Seattle’s King County was named in his honor until 2005. Now it is named King County after ML King Jr.
LyVV TIL Smoking while driving is banned in North Korea on the grounds that a smoking driver cannot smell a problem with the car.
7geL TIL that in Athens, GA there is a tree known as “The Tree That Owns Itself”. It’s former owner willed the tree as well as eight feet of land surrounding it to itself.
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