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TIL Benjamin Franklin Wanted the National Bird To Be A Turkey

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KOVnG TIL Alfred George Hinds today remains remembered as one of the most celebrated British prison break artists. During his life he managed to escape from not one, but three heavily guarded prisons, all in attempt to prove his innocence to the English legal system.
wLPdE TIL the premiere episode of Doctor Who was preempted for five minutes by the just-breaking news that American President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
ZpX8B Today I learned, French automaker Citroën, sabotaged wartime Nazi truck production by moving the notch on the oil dipstick down. The engines would not have the correct amount of oil and prematurely fail.
VEkB TIl that Ancient Romans used coins with sex scenes – sprintia, to pay prostitutes for their services.
d5BK TIL in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack