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TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald was Teddy Roosevelt's third cousin, whereas FDR was Teddy's fifth cousin.

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MaWB TIL that in 1977, the “Human Calculator” Shakuntala Devi found the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds.
V4wm TIL there used to be an “Office of Technology Assessment” in charge of providing Congress with unbiased analysis of scientific issues, but it was closed down as part of the Republicans’ “Contract With America in 1995.
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