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TIL Prince Charles once took a commercial flight instead of a private plane to accept an environmental award. He later admitted he found first class very uncomfortable.

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D14PY TIL that Milton Hershey kept his employees working during the Great Depression by having them construct buildings in Hershey, PA including a school, arena and hotel. When a steam shovel was brought in for construction, Hershey told his foreman to get rid of the shovel and hire 40 men instead.
1KAO TIL that an assassination attempt was made against retired US President Theodore Roosevelt- he was saved by a 50 page speech in his breast pocket. Roosevelt then proceeded to deliver said speech with a bullet lodged in his ribs.
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