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TIL all of Teddy Roosevelt’s sons were injured or died serving in world wars. Quentin was killed in aerial combat over France in WWI, Archibald was injured in WWI & WWII, Kermit committed suicide while serving as Army Intelligence in Alaska, and Ted died of a heart attack after invading Utah Beach.

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JYw8m TIL The name for the show "Black Mirror" was created after the shows creator (Charlie Brooker) noticed how being able to see your own reflection in turned off technology (iPads, televison, cell phones, etc) is essentially a "black mirror".
N7KM TIL Lyndon B. Johnson once urinated on a secret serviceman who was shielding him from public view just because he was the president and he could.
Y7BX7 TIL there's a woman in Wales who hasn't been able to move her head or neck for years and must stare at the same patch of ceiling, in agony, but she cannot scream
6l5Q TIL that on August 5, 1981, following the PATCO workers’ refusal to return to work, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored the order
KGY9 TIL a ship called the HMS Black Joke used to chase down and fight slave traders.