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TIL in the Senate, there is a desk with a drawer, filled with candy of the of the designated Senator’s choice.

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b9Bo7 TIL that when Niels Bohr escaped from Denmark, he was smuggled out in the bomb bay of a Mosquito bomber. Because he didn't wear his helmet, he didn't hear the pilot instructing him to put on his mask, causing him to pass out from oxygen starvation for most of the flight.
ydgM TIL the US has a uniformed service that requires all applicants to have Bachelor’s degrees, and whose primary mission is one of science
e0mKJ TIL in the movie "Home Alone" the producers thought it would be too mean to use a real girl for the pic of Buzz’s unattractive girlfriend so they used the art director’s son
xXY7 TIL that during the Dust Bowl, one Texas town paid a man to fire off rockets carrying an explosive mixture of dynamite and nitroglycerin to induce rain.
m18nv TIL That Apple had a videogame console called the "Apple Pippin"