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TIL that the Ambiguously Gay Duo was voiced by Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert

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R5Zl4 TIL in 1916, Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election on the slogan "He kept us out of war," promising to maintain neutrality during World War I. But shortly after his surprise win, he led the US into the war in 1917, sparking significant backlash and dramatically shifting the nation's foreign policy.
9YJD6 TIL In 2011, regulators fined a Hong Kong TV station $39,000 for airing a report suggesting that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin had died. Jiang later appeared on a TV show with his successor Hu Jintao
b910Q TIL that the British government in the 1960s feared that their control of Gibraltar was at risk from monkey lesbianism.
5Y7JP TIL there is a book called "Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy" that explains the process of how to get current tools from nothing. [PDF]
xVGpD TIL that the movie Independence Day still holds the record for most miniature models to appear in one film. Approximately 95% of the movie's special effects were shot using miniatures and due to the advances in digital technology this record may stand forever.