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TIL:In 1916, a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution suggested subjecting all acts of war to a nationwide vote. Those who voted in favor would be required to enlist as volunteers in the US Army.

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W0Bd TIL Ed McGivern was able to fire five shots at five yards into a silver dollar in 45/100ths of a second, shoot six hand-thrown clays, shoot a dime on the fly and that his Guinness world record for “The greatest rapid-fire feat” still stands (1932).
6EG68 TIL of the Aeroflot Flight 6502 incident of 1986 in which a Soviet pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could land the aeroplane blind. He crashed the plane, killing 70 out of 94 passengers and crew.
dkyK TIL George Jung, as portrayed by Johnny Depp in “Blow”, was granted early released from prison in June, and is now living in a halfway house.
vDOr TIL All of Roosevelt’s speechwriters were out of town the weekend around the Pearl Harbor attack, so he was left alone to draft what was going to be the most important speech of his presidency.
19P7 TIL The Man That Invented Kwanzaa Went to Prison For “Felonious Assault and False Imprisonment” for Torturing Several Women