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QP9M TIL Sir David Attenborough is the only person to have won a BAFTA in black and white, color, HD and 3D.
4kra6 TIL: Teddy Roosevelt was VP due to his support of anti-trust reform, and conservatives knew the VP had little power. Six months into the term, President McKinley was assassinated and Roosevelt became President, ushering in an unprecedented era of anti-trust and labor reforms.
PYO5Z TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was originally designated as the RS-71, but when president Lyndon B. Johnson mistakenly called it the SR-71 in a public briefing the name was changed, as the president was not normally corrected.
JPbm TIL: The single largest infiltration of the U.S. government ever was done by The Church of Scientology
b9VNj TIL Cats were often mascots on Navy ships in WWII. They kept the rodent population down and improved morale for the crew!