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TIL that during his campaign, Richard Nixon committed treason and prolonged the Vietnam War by back-channeling to stop peace talks until he was elected. President Johnson found out but couldn't go public, his intel was from illegal CIA wiretaps.

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ADnpo TIL that in 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over a month, the structure was moved 15 inch/hr, all while 600 employees still worked there. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move.
MepYm TIL the tsunami of Christmas 2004 created a massive cliff 750 miles long and 50 feet high.
d8V49 TIL that the 7th time that park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning coincided with the 22nd time he fought off a bear with a stick.
LYY9 TIL: multiple shows including, the walking dead, Malcolm in the middle and breaking bad have used a fictional cigarette brand called morley.
VBlJk TIL of the ultra rare second-generation hybrid offspring of ligers and tigons — the litigon, liliger, tiliger and titigon.