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TIL this year (2025) will be the only perfect square year of my lifetime

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kOJbW TIL: When FDR died, Eleanor Roosevelt told Harry Truman that the president was dead. When he asked there was anything he could do for her, she replied, “Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now.”
Z89JG TIL in the early days of film and television filmmakers thought nothing about painting a white stuntman with black makeup to double for a black actor. Until Bill Cosby refused to let a white man with black face double for him. His actions paved way for the Black Stuntmen's Association.
wNDW TIL that 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% lose their wealth by the third generation.
N69N TIL a French man named Benoît Lecomte once swam 3,716 miles across the entire Atlantic Ocean, from Massachusetts to France; the feat took him a total of 73 days, 5 of which included him being followed by a great white shark
pY4LN TIL captions and subtitles are not the same thing. I've used them interchangeably. Captions are a transcription of dialogue and are primarily used to help viewers who cannot hear the audio clearly. Meanwhile, subtitles provide a translation for viewers who don’t understand the language being spoken.