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TIL former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”

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E1Yp TIL The SE-GA voice at the start of the Sonic the Hedgehog took up 1/8 of the cartridge space
0MNR TIL the real life ‘Charlie’ from Top Gun went on to become the highest ranking female Pentagon official in US history.
LkG50 TIL about the rather amusing story of the introduction of the ukulele to Hawaii in 1879.
bQ5Q TIL That an American WWII Pilot escaped from a German POW camp and after three days of evading capture, commandeered a German Folkwolf 109 and flew himself and one other American Pilot to safety in the Netherlands. He was later quoted as saying “When I saw windmills, I knew I had made it,”.
kOlZW TIL about the carnivorous spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651. It is believed that this galaxy consumed another smaller galaxy to become the large and beautiful spiral that we observe today.