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TIL that Harvard professor Roger Fisher proposed implanting nuclear launch codes in a volunteer so that the President would have to kill an innocent person before firing. The Pentagon rejected the idea fearing the President would not go through with it even if it was necessary.

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78OWP TIL in 1981, 10% of taxis in New York City were imported Peugeot 505 diesels.
gxlL TIL in WW2, the Soviet Union had an all female airforce regiment of night bombers known as the Night Witches. These women were so feared among the Nazis that they would award the Iron Cross to anyone that managed to shoot just one of them down.
OkOY TIL President James Garfield was the first ambidextrous president and could write Latin with one hand while simultaneously writing Greek with the other
rNX9e TIL Dave Grohl was such fan of 1980 Team USA gold medal-winning hockey goalie Jim Craig that he called up all Jim Craigs in the Easton Massachusetts area until he connected with the real Jim Craig. Dave and the real Jim Craig met years later at a Winter Olympics.
9YxaX TIL in 2015 a high school student won a $425k settlement after being suspended for 2 months for replying “Actually, yeah” to an internet post asking if he made out with a teacher.