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TIL that in 2018 Ash Wednesday will be on Valentine’s Day and Easter will be on April Fool’s Day

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WywA TIL that in 1982 a journalist sent out word-for-word copies of the screenplay for “Casablanca” to every Hollywood film agency. Of the 85 that read it, 33 recognized it and only four made an offer for it. The other 48 rejected the script outright.
yQbXM TIL an estimated 100,000 German Jewish military personnel served in the German Army during World War I, of whom 12,000 were killed in action, and that later on Nazis tried to suppress the Jewish contribution and even tried to blame them for Germany's defeat
mYWy TIL Vice-President Andrew Johnson took his presidential oath while drunk. “Glassy-eyed and smelling of whiskey, he reminded […] pretty much everyone within hearing distance that they owed their positions to ‘plebeians’ such as himself, then kissed the Bible and staggered away”.
Le4V TIL that in 1919, Eisenhower and the Army tried to drive across the country. They barely made it, so Eisenhower built the Interstate Highway System when he became President.
kAag TIL that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.