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TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List"

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dAZr TIL Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondents Dinner, threw insults at the president and his unreceptive audience for nearly half an hour. Nearly the entire crowd was furious at him by the end, and his speech was ignored by most of the media for weeks afterwards
7GDO TIL Sperm were first observed in 1677, and were described as “Animalcules”, each containing a miniature yet fully formed human. This came into question when it was pointed out that meant each sperm itself carried sperm.
9EWp TIL South Korea, despite having completed the transistion to digital broadcast (ATSC) in 2012, still maintains analogue broadcast near its borders for North Koreans watching South Korean TV in secret.
x6vg TIL the oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
xV7e7 TIL that in 1798 Congressman Matthew Lyon was tried and convicted under the Sedition Act for criticizing John Adams.