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TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the only US President confirmed to have had a tattoo

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0waWL TIL a pet tortoise was found alive in a wooden box, 30 years after she went missing
9mVm TIL that Emperor Nero competed in the Olympic Games. Nero did terribly and was nearly killed in a chariot race, but was nonetheless declared the winner in every event he competed in.
DQKkp TIL Benazir Bhutto (11th, 13th PM of Pakistan) and Liaquat Ali Khan (1st PM of Pakistan) were both assassinated in the same park and rushed to the same hospital. The doctor who attempted to revive Bhutto in 2007 was the son of the same doctor who tried to revive Khan in 1951.
QZmX TIL that in January of this year, scientists in Antarctica discovered fish and other aquatic animals living in a subglacial lake, beneath a roof of ice 740 meters thick.
J4NB TIL According to his biography, Kim Jung-Il first picked up a golf club in 1994, at North Korea’s only golf course, and shot a 38-under par round that included no fewer than 11 holes in one. Satisfied with his performance, he reportedly immediately declared his retirement from the sport.