TIL The Penn Library at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is home to the largest collection of Frisian-language literature outside of Europe. Frisian is spoken by 500,000 people and is the language closest to English.

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TIL that when President McKinley was shot in 1901, the best surgeon around was knee-deep in a complex operation. When told he was needed elsewhere, he replied that he could not leave, not even for the President. Even after he was told who his new patient was, he remained put and finished his work.

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TIL that Jackson Pollock abandoned titles and started numbering his works. His wife, Lee Krasner, said, “He used to give his pictures conventional titles, but now he simply numbers them. Numbers are neutral. They make people look at a picture for what it is, pure painting.”

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TIL after incumbent West Virginia governor Bob Wise was caught having an affair with a government employee, the employee’s husband got a divorce and ran in the primary, openly stating himself to be unqualified and only doing so to be a “sheer nuisance” to Bob Wise

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TIL The Penn Library at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is home to the largest collection of Frisian-language literature outside of Europe. Frisian is spoken by 500,000 people and is the language closest to English.

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TIL that when President McKinley was shot in 1901, the best surgeon around was knee-deep in a complex operation. When told he was needed elsewhere, he replied that he could not leave, not even for the President. Even after he was told who his new patient was, he remained put and finished his work.

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TIL The Penn Library at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is home to the largest collection of Frisian-language literature outside of Europe. Frisian is spoken by 500,000 people and is the language closest to English.

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TIL that when President McKinley was shot in 1901, the best surgeon around was knee-deep in a complex operation. When told he was needed elsewhere, he replied that he could not leave, not even for the President. Even after he was told who his new patient was, he remained put and finished his work.

TIL that Jackson Pollock abandoned titles and started numbering his works. His wife, Lee Krasner, said, “He used to give his pictures conventional titles, but now he simply numbers them. Numbers are neutral. They make people look at a picture for what it is, pure painting.”

TIL after incumbent West Virginia governor Bob Wise was caught having an affair with a government employee, the employee’s husband got a divorce and ran in the primary, openly stating himself to be unqualified and only doing so to be a “sheer nuisance” to Bob Wise

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TIL that when President McKinley was shot in 1901, the best surgeon around was knee-deep in a complex operation. When told he was needed elsewhere, he replied that he could not leave, not even for the President. Even after he was told who his new patient was, he remained put and finished his work.