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TIL during prohibition Herbert Hoover would go to the Belgian embassy to have martinis, as it was not illegal to possess alcohol on foreign soil.

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0Eo5 TIL that “Our Gang” (a/k/a “The Little Rascals”) prominently put boys, girls, whites and blacks together as equals, something that had never been done before in cinema. Ernie Morrison (“Sunshine Sammy”) was the first African-American actor signed to a long-term contract in Hollywood history.
4k0OX TIL Due to Pope Pius X dying in August of 1914 the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XV had to be held during WWI. While Italy was still neutral, Cardinals from belligerents such as France, Belgium, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the UK participated.
jNg4a TIL war criminals convicted in the Hague don't actually serve their sentences there
gMb9b TIL That the British presided over the death of over 16 million Indians due to negligence/ignorance/mismanagement of famines and prevention of relief efforts, and then deliberately starved to 1.5 - 4 million Indians to death during WW2.
e0YEg TIL Harry Truman dreamed of attending West Point and becoming a career Army officer, but although he passed the written test, he failed the eye exam and was denied entry. Undeterred from the desire to serve, in 1905 he memorized the eye chart and joined the National Guard.