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TIL that the pattern on British emergency vehicles is officially named after a type of cake.

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ywRl TIL of Ken Allen, an orangutan who became famous for escaping from his enclosure at the San Diego Zoo 3 times in the 1980’s. He would peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals and never acted aggressively. Other animals even followed his lead and began escaping, too.
wvJM TIL that 100 years ago with WW1 raging, Pres. Woodrow Wilson didn’t want America led by a “lame duck” if he lost re-election. So, if he lost, he planned to appoint his OPPONENT as Secretary of State (3rd in line of succession) and then resign along with his VP, making his opponent instant President.
kOZxB TIL that while Sputnik was the first man-made object to reach orbit, 13 years earlier the Nazis launched the MW 18014 rocket, the first man-made object to reach outer space.
Ny8b TIL there is a man who gained the ability to recall the weather from every day hes been alive and do complex calculations after being hit in the head with a baseball.
gMydb TIL of Juan Garrido, an African conquistador who was involved in the conquest of Mexico with Hernán Cortés and was the first recorded farmer of wheat in the Americas