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TIL in the weeks leading up to D-Day, due to the enormous stress he was under, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was smoking six packs of cigarettes, drinking 24 cups of coffee, and averaging two hours of sleep every day

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jDPa TIL that the Brandy Daisy, a cocktail of citrus juice and brandy, was the forerunner of the Margarita. Margarita is the Spainish name for Daisy.
awdgJ TIL Members of the Parliament of the UK are technically not permitted to resign; instead, they apply to be appointed 'Steward and Bailiff' of one of two obscure places which are an 'office of profit under the Crown'. Being paid by the Crown disqualifies from being MP.
rNAo TIL that the only dog to be registered in the Royal Navy, to prevent him from being euthanized, was named “Just Nuisance”, his trade listed as “Bonecrusher”, and his religion as “Scrounger.”
69bVl TIL that when a building is framed perfectly by a street it appears to be magnified, same as when the moon looks huge on the horizon, but it is just an optical illusion mind trick. Check out the bizarre way St Peter's Basilica appears to shrink as you move closer in this short clip..
ODeg TIL Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays have been submitting phony numbers, often in concert with each other for years. Together they manipulated world markets, specifically the Libor rate, which controls interest rates worldwide, causing trillions in damage. No banker will spend a day in jail.