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TIL that the US Congress never officially voted on Ohio’s statehood until 1953 due to an oversight—despite the state celebrating its founding in 1803

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4ad5 TIL President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the 1968 Baltimore riots: “What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re so surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for three hundred years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.”
mx9nv TIL The Honeymooners (1955-1956) sitcom was so successful that its formula (big oaf husband, smart sassy wife, zany neighbor) have been used on hundreds of other shows like The Flintstones, Jeffersons, Roseanne, Simpsons, Family Guy, King of Queens, Home Improvement, Family Matters, Martin, etc...
GOD7 TIL Russia inflates its military with realistic blow-up weapons that can trick enemy radar such as inflatable tanks and MiG fighter jets and even entire radar stations.
jNWNj TIL a doctor reviewed the injuries sustained by Marv and Harry in Home Alone 1 & 2, and concluded that 23 of the injuries would have resulted in death.
88YL TIL that Marlin would have had to swim 1,568 miles to find Nemo