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TIL: 1000 days from today, a Total Solar Eclipse will be seen across the entire breadth of the continental United States for the first time in nearly a century.

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4kBdg TIL in February 1941, James O. Richardson was fired after pleading with FDR about his poor decision to centralize the Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor and warning of the risks. Unfortunately, his warning was proven right on December 7th when the Japanese attacked and sunk the fleet.
AD8Vg TIL The Animals' cover of "The House of the Rising Sun," was recorded in just one take on May 18, 1964. Producer Mickie Most later stated, "everything was in the right place ... It only took 15 minutes to make so I can't take much credit for the production."
Y7GjA TIL the Earth's radius is about 21km (13mi) smaller at the poles compared to the equator.
Qxnd TIL Switzerland has accidentally invaded Liechtenstein twice
mxNoM TIL that comedian Ryan Stiles from Whose Line is it Anyway? has been a frequent fund raiser for children with burn injuries, raising over $500,000 for the Burned Children Recovery Center since 2009, helping the foundation to recover from the economy crash of 2008.