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TIL That FDRs speech after the Pearl Harbor attack received a standing ovation from everyone in both political parties.

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jNnan TIL Coconuts managed to migrate to the Caribbean by floating across the ocean
kO1Ve TIL that when the 24-7-365 restaurant Denny’s decided to close for Christmas in 1988 many stores realized that they didn’t have any keys, or even locks, since they never used them. 700 of the 1221 restaurants needed to get new locks installed for the holiday.
amOA TIL Winston Churchill’s last words were “I’m so bored with it all.”
OoG61 TIL that Vladimir Lenin’s perfectly preserved body is on display in Moscow. He died in 1924 and was born in 1870, making his body 147 years old.
rN9gy TIL about one of the most crucial cybersecurity attacks in history, the SolarWinds hack. The attack, which was discovered in December 2020, compromised the networks of numerous government agencies including the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Treasury Department.