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TIL More West Point graduates have been presidents of foreign countries than the United States

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69Vm TIL That Penn Jillette is the voice of the announcer in the Buzz Lightyear toy commercial in Toy Story. They paid him to stand in a room and scream as loud as he could until he lost his voice.
9YJmD TIL that the official name of Canada is still "Dominion of Canada"
N7ZA8 TIL Louis III of France, who became king of West Francia aged 15, died at 18 years old when jumped on a horse, rode through a low door and hit his head on the lintel, fracturing his skull.
4XGDa TIL about the Nike Decade, a shoe line that was discontinued after members of the cult Heaven's Gate performed a mass suicide while wearing the sneakers. Pairs of the shoes now resell for thousands of dollars.
xV9N7 TIL Roomba iRobot vacuums create maps of your home, put the info in the cloud where it's vulnerable to hackers and the CEO of the CO has considered selling the info the vacuums collect about your home.