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TIL that the British "Kitchener Wants You" poster was the inspiration for the Uncle Sam poster

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Rpg7 TIL the (then) world’s tallest structure was accidentally destroyed by a maintenance crew in 1991
1a51V TIL Ernest Thompson Seton, one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America, was presented with an invoice for all the expenses connected with his childhood, by his father, including the fee charged by the doctor who delivered him. He paid the bill, but never spoke to his father again.
dDroj TIL walking through a doorway can cause you to forget
BrlNd TIL Ahmed Best, the actor who provided the motion capture and voice of Jar Jar Binks, considered suicide due to the negative reception to the character
69pwQ TIL that only 6 US Presidents were born after the first World War, and only one was born after 1946.