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TIL There have only been five formal declarations of war by the United States

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woJeP TIL that Harry Houdini was always skeptical of the mediums that prayed on vulnerable people, so he tried to contact his dead mother, Cecelia, in 1922. It was a fail because the medium, Lady Doyle, wrote down what his mother was apparently saying in English, which was a language Cecelia did not know.
Y7VEr TIL that the word dollar originates from the 16th century silver mining town of Joachimstal. The coins were originally minted and called "joachimstaler." Eventually finding its way into English shortened to Dollar
7rnO7 TIL measuring tapes have many hidden features, such as a scribe.
AN0O7 TIL From 1898 to 2006 Americans paid a 3% tax on all long distance telephone calls in order to pay for the Spanish American War.
9Y6Wr TIL that Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini were all nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.