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TIL that Lenin's body has been preserved for more than 100 years

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R7vy1 TIL that in 1968 RAF pilot Alan Pollock illegally flew his Hawker Hunter Jet through the span of Tower Bridge in Central London. His actions were to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the RAF and as a demonstration against the Ministry of Defence for not recognising it.
J1yXB TIL that McDonald’s serves spaghetti in the Philippines which comes with a side of “McDo” fried chicken.
wJd8 TIL the fattest city in the United States, Huntington, West Virginia, has more pizza places than the entire state of West Virginia has gyms and health clubs.
m1a9v TIL the original Machine Gun Kelly was a gangster and bootlegger in the 1920's. His most famous crime was kidnapping oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel, whom he and his gang exchanged for nearly $5 million ransom in today's money.
x68L5 TIL about Garibaldi, an Italian general who led 1,000 volunteers in the unification of Italy, outnumbered 90 to 1 and commanding just a few stolen tugboats, he managed to land in Sicily, incite the people there to revolt and ultimately destroyed the state of Two Sicilies in less than 2 years.