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OoBRe TIL that Teddy Roosevelt was such a ridiculous badass that at the age of 59, after already having been president he tried to personally lead a volunteer army to fight in Europe during World War 1!
LkOWV TIL in 2013 a Verizon programmer was found outsourcing his work to a Chinese company for less than 20% of his salary and spending his "workday" surfing the Internet. The Chinese code was so good that the programmer was regarded as the best in his department of Verizon.
ZvQp TIL in the film “The Shining”, filming the ‘Heeeere’s Johnny!’ scene took 3 days and 80 doors.
Lky9Z TIL that Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas and to satisfy SAG rules he had to change it due to some obscure guy with the same name.
Q54L TIL on Wall Street at noon in 1920 a horse drawn carriage loaded with explosive went off killing 38 people and injuring hundreds. Never solved it was expected to have been Italian Anarchists