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TIL The Silent Generation (people born 1925-1945) did not produce any United States Presidents

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4kXb TIL that “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” is the first and ONLY fantasy film EVER to win an Academy Award for “Best Picture”.
rNANW TIL: Lord Minimus was a court Jester to Queen Henrietta Maria. At age 6, he hid in a 18" pie and busted out, entertaining the Queen so much, he was kept as a gift. Over the years, he didn't want to be a pet clown anymore. He dueled a royal who brought a squirt gun, killed him, and was then enslaved.
lDrG TIL Helen Keller was a socialist and one of the founders of the ACLU. After extensive travel, she said, “I had once believed that we are all masters of our fate…Now, however, I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone.”
bDE9 TIL of “The Green Man”, a man severely disfigured as a child who would take long walks only at night in western Pennsylvania. Urban legends at the time said he glowed green, whereas in fact he was real person who was liked by his family and neighbors.
yQm0J TIL When George Foreman won the heavyweight championship at age 45 against Michael Moorer, he wore the same trunks he wore when he lost the title to Muhammad Ali 20 years prior.