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TIL Richard Nixon admitted in later life that he dreamed of becoming a rapper, saying “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.”

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k48e TIL Great Britain has invaded 90% of the world’s countries
MeEPV TIL A woman was elected to Congress before women’s suffrage. American women were given the right to vote in 1920, but Jeanette Rankin became the first woman in the U.S. federal office in 1916.
JOoj TIL that after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, back home in America, because of segregation, Jesse Owens was asked to ride a hotel’s freight elevator to get to a reception being held in his honor.
YpYxG TIL that during the UK general election of 1880, a well-presented book about one of the candidates was widely circulated, named "Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith". Spoiler alert, it contained 32 empty pages.
8pVZ TIL on a British Airways flight en route to Spain the windshield blew out, sucking the captain halfway out. Flight attendants suffered frostbite and other injuries to hold onto his legs while the copilot landed the plane– with no loss of life.