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TIL Helen Keller owned the first Akitas in the US

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697O7 TIL the preferred walking speed for many people is 1.42 m/s
O7yR TIL that Soviet psychology once classified “the struggle for truth and justice” as a symptom of paranoid, delusional schizophrenia.
ZKkR TIL David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, fought so hard to prevent FM Radio from succeeding that the inventor of FM Radio, Edwin Howard Armstrong, commit suicide because of emotional and financial distress…brought on by RCA lawsuits.
nWy6W TIL Ron Moody (Fagin from the Oliver film) was also a Jewish WW2 RAF radar technician.
M7Gk7 TIL: PBS interviewed a legendary spy power couple who took turns as the CIA's Chief of Disguise. They invented many works now at the International Spy Museum including "Jack in the Box" a pop up dummy, disguises in painter's case, hidden cameras, and underwear that makes you appear pregnant.