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0w74v TIL the largest sandwich ever made spanned 12ft by 12ft and was 0.44m (17.5 inches) thick, weighing 2467.5 kg (5440 lb). It contained 68 kg (150 lb) mustard, 468.1 kg (1,032 lb) corned beef, 117.9 kg (260 lb) cheese, 240.4 kg (530 lb) lettuce and 1,618.4 kg (3,568 lb) bread.
neMXd TIL Laura Scofield, a Women's Suffrage Advocate wrote this letter 25 years before Women's Right to vote would pass. She did not live to see it.
yZVa TIL that former prime minister of New Zealand, David Lange, once wrote in an opinion piece for a NZ military periodical: “Our military forces are an arm of government, just like the Department of Social Welfare, although probably less able to inflict widespread harm.”
WW74 TIL that in July 1917, the “Red Baron” sustained a head wound during aerial combat that knocked him unconscious. As his plane was spinning back to Earth, he came to and was able to make a rough landing.
ZBRo TIL Jonah Hill had to be hospitalized while filming Wolf of Wall Street because he snorted so much fake cocaine.