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TIL people vandalize and protest the statue of Winston Churchill, one of the great humans of history - a true giant of our race, a man who may have literally saved the world from Nazi rule

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NRN6 TIL that the show ‘Deadliest Catch’ is bad for competition in the Bering Sea Fishing industry. The subsidies all the boats in the show receive allows them to undercut or break even with their seasonal catch.
nVG7 TIL Roosevelt wanted a “Second Bill of Rights”, an “economic bill of rights” which would guarantee: Employment with a living wage, food, clothing and leisure, farmers’ rights to a fair income, freedom from unfair competition and monopolies, housing, medical care, social security, education.
GANyE TIL that Fuji apples are not named after Mount Fuji, rather they are named after the town of Fujisaki in Aomori prefecture, at the northern tip of Honshu Island. The Fuji in Fujisaki means "wisteria".
oM67 TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to fly in an airplane and afterwards told the pilot, “that was the bulliest experience I ever had. I envy your professional conquest of space.”
dOAB TIL Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was hit by lightning seven times. He died suicide at the age of 71.