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TIL that the Grateful Dead wrote a letter to the Nixon Administration in 1974 offering advice on how to resolve the Watergate scandal. Their solution: “chrome the entire White House.”

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oRN6Y TIL In 1971, the Guinness World Records listed Clara as the "Most Indefatigable Cruise Passenger". For 14 years, she lived on RMS Caronia, which cost her $396 in daily fare. Without accounting for inflation, Cunard Line received $4 million from her in tickets.
MgbV TIL That Irena Sendler was a remarkable woman who defied the Nazis and saved 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Nazis eventually discovered her activities, tortured her brutally, and sentenced her to death, but she managed to evade execution and survive the war.
eVv4 TIL that “Winterfell” is the same castle used in “Month Python and the Holy Grail”. Doune Castle.
GAL55 TIL about the Candy Desk in the US Senate, a tradition where one of the desks is filled with candy from the Senator’s home state for the members of the Senate to partake of
yKDa TIL that a Russian couple were reunited after being separated for 60 years. They were married for 3 days when the husband left to join the Red Army. They were unable to find each other until 60 years later when they randomly visited their hometown on the same day.