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TIL about the Largest Hindu Temple in the US ( Second Largest in the World ) in New Jersey

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PYP4V TIL that Theodore Roosevelt --a successful boxer at Harvard, got into a bar fight after a man called him 'four eyes' in reference to his spectacles and suggested he pay for drinks. The man held two guns and told Roosevelt to "set up the drinks." Roosevelt knocked him out and took away his guns.
7rD1b TIL NASA used IQ tests for determining which applicants will ultimately become astronauts
MeMVW TIL When Usain Bolt Was Asked How He Could Run So Quickly He Responded, “I just imagine all the other runners are big spiders, and then I get super scared"
rNabw TIL that in 1944, Nazi Germany was spending 75% of their GDP on their military.
AlWw TIL there’s a man in England who, after reading a book about King Arthur, was astonished to see so many similarities between himself and the Arthur of the book, so decided to change his name to Arthur Uther Pendragon, and thinks of himself a reincarnation of the King.