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GAxBN TIL that Eisenhower had an alternate speech prepared in case the D-Day invasion failed in which he takes full responsibility for the failure by calling the decision to attack “my decision” and going on to write: “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
9wBbG TIL A quarter of all known animal species are beetles.
b61P4 TIL in 2006, Steve Wynn sold Picasso's painting La Reve for a $139 million, but before he sent it away, he invited friends over for a last look. While chatting in front of the portrait, he accidentally hit the painting with his elbow, leaving a silver dollar-sized hole and scuttling the deal.