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TIL a declassified FBI memo revealed that Winston Churchill privately approached a U.S. Senator in 1947 to encourage him to convince President Truman to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on Moscow

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LwWr TIL of the 4,500 troops in the British army who were retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad in 1842, the only one who made it back uncaptured was assistant surgeon William Brydon. When asked upon his arrival what happened to the army, he answered, “I am the army.”
QJBOd TIL that The Apostrophe Protection Society that was founded to enforce the proper use of the apostrophe in written English was brought to a "full stop" in 2019. The founder of the society stated that "the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!"
998p TIL that Thomas Jefferson had a Mockingbird named Dick that he would sing duets with, play violin with while the bird would sing, and even have the bird sing him to sleep on the couch
XOO6 TIL Scientists are on the verge of being able to produce viable, living human organs via 3D bioprinters.
bA4 TIL that the real Zorro was an Irish genius who strangled himself at the stake before the fires could reach him.