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TIL Franklin Delano Roosevelt Died While Sitting For a Painting That Remains Unifinished

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NXZ5e TIL: Amongst the debris recovered following the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster were containers holding worms carried as part of an experiment. The nematode worms were found to have survived the accident.
bbE4 TIL that In 1994, Michael Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure).
rNGm1 TIL there is a children’s show called stinky and dirty
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Oo8X1 TIL Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his nomination to the US Supreme Court after it was discovered he smoked pot with his Harvard Law School students. Anthony Kennedy was the replacement nominee.