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TIL that a 17 year old sold his kidney for a iPhone and iPad in 2011 and is now bedridden for life

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NDyJ TIL in 1920, the U.S. Department of Justice arrested thousands of innocent Americans for radical leftist activity, in what is now called the Palmer Raids
78wrO TIL that U.S presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day — July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the adopting of the Declaration of Independence.
ADRn4 TIL Dr. Winnifred Cutler spent over 25 years researching reproductive biology and produced the Athena 10X pheromones to make men attractive to women. A reporter tried it in a museum, bars, and concluded pheromones don't work
awPoy TIL that during 1944 Harry S. Truman wasn't the original VP candidate. Henry A. Wallace, FDR's VP from 1940, was up for reelection in 1944 and was progressive but conservative leaders of the DNC were concerned for FDR's health and realized that the VP would replace FDR so they replaced him w/ Truman
DMLJ TIL scientists believe intelligent aliens (when we find them) will likely be huge due to the lower gravitational field found in most planets capable of sustaining life.