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TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to Lady Bird Taylor on their first date. They were married 3 months later.

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GYDp7 TIL that US sailors captured by North Korea, were flipping the middle finger in photos to protest the propaganda on their treatment. The North Koreans for months photographed them without knowing the real meaning of the finger, while the sailors explained that the sign meant good luck in Hawaii.
epjg6 TIL That some countries held periods of mourning and offered official condolences over the death of Hitler!
6Yk8 TIL the actor who played the farmer in the movie Babe decided to go vegan after working closely with the “extraordinary animals” in the film.
Y7XOA TIL that whale sharks have 'dermal denticles' (basically small teeth) all over their bodies (like most sharks) but also on their actual eyeballs
d8xdd TIL Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was so violent for a PG-rated cartoon, which forced the studio to remove some scenes such as the stabbing of Batman, real death of Bonk and Joker,etc