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TIL: A slave called Gordon escaped from the South and used onions to throw the bloodhounds of his scent

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QJPD6 TIL that Franklin D. Roosevelt's disability was largely unknown to the public. He was diagnosed with polio and was mostly paralyzed from the waist down. When photographers tried to catch him in his wheelchair, Secret Service agents reportedly tore the film out of their cameras.
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