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TIL in 1933 there was an alleged conspiracy by wealthy businessmen to stage a coup against FDR and install a Marine Corps general as dictator

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R70Xl TIL being an extra inch taller correlates with an estimated $800 in increased annual earnings.
A8pl TIL Right before Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it,” because she had accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot.
D1RvY TIL that Australia has its own version of Yeti/Bigfoot called Yowie. This mythical creature appears in many other name in Aboriginal folklore with earliest report of sighting in 1795.
OmL4 TIL that “In God We Trust” was placed on all U.S. bills during the Cold War as a way to express the United States’ anti-communist beliefs
69BwJ TIl that in Ancient Rome a newborn would be laid on the ground and checked for any defects. Then pater familias would decide whether the child would be raised or not. Unwanted children would be given away, left to die or outright killed (it was legal to kill children until the 4th century AD)