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TIL that FDR's illness might have been Guillain–Barré syndrome, not polio

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x6EWB TIL Sumomomomomomomomo, a Japanese racehorse that was dubbed “the horse that makes commentators cry” because of its tongue-twister name. Its name translated means “Plums are peaches, and peaches are peaches, and plums and peaches are both types of peaches.”
R7va8 TIL that for over 10 years, the likes and dislikes have remained perfectly neutral on a scene from Futurama that was uploaded to YouTube.
yQaE8 TIL that on October 10th, 1941, the German government declared victory in the war against the Soviet Union
6EwdW TIL that JFK was allegedly addicted to meth while in office
9YYPQ TIL that in 2014, Assyriology specialist Dr Irving Finkel translated a cuneiform tablet that predates the Bible, which described a flood, much like the story of Noah. However, this story described the ark not as oblong, but round in shape.