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TIL that Harry S. Truman was so nearsighted, that he cheated and memorized the army’s eye chart to be enlisted in WWI.

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E7lP TIL that, in all 403 of his episodes, Bob Ross used the same 8 colors on his pallette so that his audience didn’t “have to go out and buy 1500 different kinds of colors” in order to paint along with him each week.
VMvA8 TIL the root of the word "ruthless" the the verb "to rue" meaning “to feel sorrow or regret”
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mxnlx TIL that pirates didn't wear the eyepatches because of a lost eye, it was actually to be able to see below deck, where it was dark.
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