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TIL that Grover Cleveland is the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.

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Xrrr TIL - Congressman McFadden in 1934 wanted to imprison those who ran the Federal Reserve Bank. “The Fed has cheated the Government of these United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the Nation’s debt.”
kOGng TIL that in general, when asked to picture their own b-day party 20 yrs from now, those who picture the party in first person (thru their own eyes) are likely to save more for retirement than those who picture seeing themselves in 3rd person at the party.
XElRE TIL the dollar bill has been the same since 1929. The reason is that the government thinks no one would take the trouble of counterfeiting such a low denomination currency and hence it does not need the fancy updates or security features seen in the higher value currencies.
9YVQG TIL that the distinctive nose of the Shinkansen 500 bullet train prevents sonic booms whenever it exits a tunnel and was discovered when scientists studied the shape of a kingfisher's beak to learn how it hit the water at high speed
9YM1D TIL that the young Michael Faraday, who would go on to become one of the most influential scientists of all time, was inspired at the age of 14 by a book he found that was written by a woman named Jane Marcet. The book was one she had written on chemistry, with the content adapted for women.