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TIL that at 73 years old, Ronald Reagan received a recruiting letter from the Marine Corps while he was President

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D1dXj TIL about Alexander Bogdanov, a Russian physician who experimented with blood transfusion to gain eternal youth. He died after injecting himself with blood from a student infected with malaria and tuberculosis, who also may have been the wrong blood type.
78YjX TIL of the Dunstable Swan Jewel. A gold & enamel swan brooch made in England or France in about 1400. It’s presumed to have been intended as a livery badge given by an important figure to his supporters; probably the future Henry V of England, who was Prince of Wales in 1399.
xyo5 TIL an aluminium sculpture called “Fallen Astronaut” was smuggled to the moon to commemorate astronauts and cosmonauts who died for the advancement of space exploration.
w9j7 TIL that in 1996, Taco Bell announced they bought the Liberty bell in an April Fools prank, resulting in panicked reactions across the U.S., including from some senators, and caused the National Parks Service to call a press conference to deny the claim.
wLYbW TIL J.K. Rowling was the 1st & is still the only author to become a billionaire