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TIL Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech on 12/8/1941 about the attack on Pearl Harbor attracted the largest audience in American radio history, with over 81% of adult American listeners tuning in to hear the speech.

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eLgD TIL Kristian Birkeland invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process (to extract nitrogen from the air for fertilizer) all to fund his true passion, researching the northern lights.
91BM TIL the Troll A Platform, a natural gas platform in the middle of the Troll Gas Field off the coast of Norway, is the tallest and heaviest structure ever moved to another position, relative to the surface of the Earth, and is among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history.
j6PEj TIL that a Kentucky man won $450,000 in a lawsuit against his former employers who allegedly fired him for having a panic attack and leaving his own surprise birthday party.
xmB TIL with key Greek city-states in submission, Philip II of Macedon turned his attention to Sparta and sent a message: “If I win this war, you will be slaves forever.” The Spartans replied with one word: “if”
ZmZG TIL that one grande cup of Starbucks coffee has as much caffeine as four Redbull cans.