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TIL Richard Nixon changed the Secret Service’s uniforms to old-school European-style uniforms. The change was wildly mocked and was reversed after a couple weeks.

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mWGY TIL Jim Morrison , on LSD, was listening for the first time to “Joy to the World” - better known as “Jeremiah was a Bullfrog” - when he saw a monkey run into the room, start dancing, and juggling Christmas ornaments. It was not an hallucination.
Z8LvG TIL shortly after its launch the Telstar I communications satellite showed the power of instant communication - a satellite broadcast of the US president claiming that the USA wouldn't devalue the dollar immediately led to the currency strengthening on global markets.
xVVlo TIL that the old Democratic-Republican party used to act like Democrats until they overwhelmed the Federalist party and split into the Democratic and Republican party.
R7v01 TIL during the Black Death, the Adriatic port city of Ragusa was the first city to require mandatory 30-day isolation for sailors and traders in order to track infection. The Italians lengthened it to 40 days, or a “quaranta giorni”—hence, a quarantine.
mxyEp TIL 35% of people wipe standing up.