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TIL that when you call 911, they can actually put you on hold! That is frightening.

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m84y TIL in the 19th century they made a childrens medicine with pure morphine
5JKp TIL of a study where two men ate only meat for a year and remained perfectly healthy
ngko TIL Andrew Jackson slept in a hotel the night of his inauguration because 20,000 people were turning up in the White House. His aides tried to lure the mob outside with washtubs filled orange juice and whiskey.
WkPOB TIL Mark Thatcher, the son of Margaret Thatcher, is a convicted felon after financing the 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinean in exchange oil concessions. He served 4 years in prison and was fined US$560,000. The UK knew about the planned coup, and it's possible the Bush government did as well.
awYvZ TIL that the actor that plays Carl Winslow in the hit TV show “Family Matters”, Reginald VelJohnson, was only 31 years old when he began playing the role, even though he looked considerably older.