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TIL that FDR founded an organization to find a cure for polio, and believed that if everyone 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.”

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QjmE TIL of “The Three Boys”,who explored a small cave in Sweden using matches and planks every Sunday. After regularly exploring for two years, In 1948, a stone fell and opened a passage into a much larger cave system, the first hall after the passage was named “The Mountain King’s Hall”.
a860N TIL the most effective surrender leaflet in WW2 was known as the "Passierschein". It was designed to appeal to German sensibilities for official, fancy documents printed on nice paper with official seals and signatures. It promised safe passage and generous treatment to any who presented it.
rRkQx TIL Juan Luis Trescastro allegedly shot Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca in the ass for being gay during Spanish Civil War.
R7rra TIL a Washington high school senior named Ibrahim Ahmad stapped fake explosives to his body and asked a girl to prom with a sign saying "I kno it's a little late but I'm kinda the bomb. Rilea will you be my date to prom?" The school gave him a five-day suspension but the girl said yes.
MeVOW TIL of the "Monkey Love Experiments" where infant monkeys were housed with two artificial mothers: one, made only of wire, dispensed food, while the other had no food but was made of soft terrycloth. The monkeys spent nearly all of their time clinging to the soft mother despite the lack of food.