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TIL Sir Isaac Newton’s self proclaimed greatest achievement was his lifelong celibacy.

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LKVv TIL that when the US Army planned the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Veterans’ Reunion, they brought 50 coffins. They estimated some vets were so old that they would die at the event; they only had to use 9 of them.
P1jQL TIL that Israel and Argentina are the only countries where McDonald’s grills their hamburgers over charcoal instead of using a flat-top griddle.
OXDR TIL George V did not want his son Edward VIII to become King and told his private secretary that ‘After I am dead the boy will ruin himself in 12 months.’ After George’s death, Edward was King for 10 months and 3 weeks before giving up the throne.
nl0b TIL: There’s a website that loops random movie trailers for when you can’t decide what to watch.
kJLm5 TIL that 2x NBA Championship Coach, Erik Spoelstra, was on the opposing team when Hank Gathers, star of the 1990 LMU basketball team, died on the court