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TIL that in 1969, in response to one of the largest ever anti-war demonstrations, Richard Nixon wanted Army helicopters to hover over protesters and blow out their candlelit vigil

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neWpP TIL That Pope Francis opted out of the classic Popemobile and chose a blue Ford Focus
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R58p6 TIL Wrocław Poland has Hundreds of Little Brass Gnomes Throughout the City
rnMd TIL in 1956, the U.S. passed the Refrigerator Safety Act, which made it mandatory for all fridges to be magnetically sealed. This was due to the high amount of children who suffocated in latched refrigerators.