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TIL: Nokia has made 6 of the top 20 selling cell phones of all time.

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wLgpE TIL: The Oval Office's current desk, a gift from Queen Victoria, was modified by FDR who had a carved front panel added to hide his leg braces. It has also been raised with a base because presidents from JFK to Reagan kept banging their knees against the underside.
nWBoG TIL that the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated was Joseph Smith, who founded Mormonism.
6E4Zm TIL that "threatening the President" even as a joke can send people to jail: Richard Humphreys said "God might speak to the world through a burning Bush," in regards to President Bush, was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Z95p TIL In America, due to the electoral college, you could get 22% of the popular vote and win the presidency
9YO6G TIL Saparmurat Niyazov, the 1st president of Turkmenistan, abolished the Turkmen word for bread and replaced it with Gurbansoltan, his mother's name.