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TIL that in 1966 French President Charles de Gaulle demanded that all American military personnel leave France. American President Lyndon Johnson asked if that order applied to American soldiers in French cemeteries.

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xOLD TIL that Cows will stand along the Earth’s magnetic poles - facing either north or south whenever they’re grazing or resting regardless of wind or other factors. Nobody is sure why.
ne049 TIL while scientists are unsure whether babies have dreams, those who think that they do claim that these dreams are "a collection of sensations", such as warmth or suckling on a breast.
VGdk TIL that a 2005 study found that men who were made to feel insecure about their manliness would overcompensate and were more likely to buy a big car, support the Iraq War and displayed homophobic attitudes.
BnMD TIL after writing ‘The Show Must Go On’, Brian May said to Freddie Mercury “Fred, I don’t know if this is going to be possible to sing”, due his illness at the time. In response, Mercury took a shot of vodka and said “I’ll fucking do it, darling!” and recorded the song in one take.
dDXwj TIL that the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the NASA affiliated research center is located in the same building as Tom's Diner, the diner in the show "Seinfeld" as well as the inspiration of the famous song of the same name by Suzanne Vega