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TIL a M1892 revolver was recovered from the USS Maine after it exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898. It was gifted to Theodore Roosevelt, before he was President. He used this revolver in the charge up San Juan Hill. The gun was stolen twice while on display. Once in 1963 and then again in 1990.

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JJlv TIL A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2M preventable accidents a year.
XEJjk TIL the U.S. government used to buy the dairy industry’s excess cheese and butter in order to maintain the industry as a vital national resource. At its peak in 1983, the stockpile of excess milk fat, stored in cool caves in Missouri, grew to a value of more than $4 billion.
Br5rb TIL that Roman Emperor Nero during gladiatorial fights looked at the arena through a concave emerald to eliminate the glare of the sun and his nearsightedness. Those may have been the first sunglasses in history.
9nRr TIL the 1964 Alaska Megathrust quake (magnitude 9.2) was so violent it drove land vertically upwards by 30 feet and liquified the soil, creating vast forests of dead trees still standing today.
gxm9 TIL Norway’s rainy day fund is approaching $1 trillion, or about $700,000 for a family of 4, thanks to prudent investment of oil revenue, directed by an “ethical council”.