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TIL We have McNuggets thanks to a hedge fund manager who taught McDonalds to use futures

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p6NN TIL Despite the fact that Jesse Owens won four gold medals during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, US President Franklin Roosevelt never congratulated or invited him to the White House. ‘Hitler didn’t snub me - it was FDR who snubbed me,’ Owens said
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yVBgv TIL about "The Game"—a mental challenge where thinking about it means losing, and each loss must be announced. Its origins are uncertain but may date back to 1977.
xVVN5 TIL Under the original terms of the U.S. Constitution, the President could not choose his vice president, instead it was the canditate with the second most votes.