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TIL The whale tail on cruise ships is designed to direct diesel exhaust over the stern and away from the passengers.

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OjgL TIL that FDR founded an organization to find a cure for polio, and believed that if every American gave only a dime, polio would be eradicated. Because of this motto, after his death in 1945, FDR’s face was put on the dime, and his organization was renamed “The March of Dimes.”
p8ZkG TIL about Nellie Bly who had herself purposely committed to an insane asylum in 1887 by feigning insanity so that she could investigate the abuse happening in the facility.
ZpOp TIL KB Toys was one of the companies to go bankrupt because of Bain Capital’s “Dividend Recapitalization” scheme. It was the second-oldest operating toy retailer in North America before it’s demise.
EgnLV TIL the record for most push-ups in one day is 46,001. The record was achieved by Charles Servizio at the age of 43 in 1993.
gM689 TIL The bazooka was a brass musical instrument created by Comedian Bob Burns. It was several feet in length and incorporated telescopic tubing like the trombone. The military borrowed the nickname for its anti-tank weapon during World War II due to its vague resemblance to the musical instrument.