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TIL the Federal Reserve hosts central bankers in Jackson Hole because Paul Volcker liked fly fishing and they wanted him to actually show up

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kJrw5 TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history occurred during the Battle of Vienna in 1683, when the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth used 18,000 horseman in their attack on Ottoman forces.
KYoyJ TIL that Aleksander Doba, a solo kayaker, passed away in 2021 while climbing Kilimanjaro. After reaching top asked for a two-minute break before posing for photo. He then sat down on a rock & "just fell asleep".
OGN7 TIL that a reliable way of detecting art forgeries is to test for cesium-137 and strontium-90 as these isotopes did not exist in nature prior to the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945.
6E0Ml TIL of the Petticoat Affair, where the wives of every member of Andrew Jacksons Cabinet ostracized John Eaton and his wife Peggy from social events. Martin Van Buren had to resign as Secretary of State in order to resolve the issue.
AWKa TIL due to name confusion, staff of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail