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TIL When Eleanor Roosevelt married her cousin (and future President) Franklin D. Roosevelt, she didn’t have to change her last name. And she was given away by her Uncle, (President) Theodore Roosevelt.

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ADjDl TIL about the Ghost Fleet of the Potomac, 200 or so wrecks of abandoned ships, most from WWI. It has become a unique ecological system full of fish, birds, and other wildlife and opportunities for archeological discoveries. In 2019 it became a National Marine Sanctuary.
XWyQ TIL Tom Carvel began selling ice cream out of his truck in 1929. One day he had a flat tire, so he pulled over and began selling his melting ice cream to vacationers driving by. They enjoyed the softer version more than the fully frozen dessert, and the Carvel soft-serve business was born.
R7o5j TIL that Harlon block, a marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, died a few days after the famous photo of the event was taken. He was misidentified for 2 years. However, his mother had immediately recognised him in it, saying “I’ve changed so many diapers on that boy’s butt, I know it’s my boy".
0dyvN TIL in 2011 a tiger at a Turkish zoo snuck its front paw through a narrow gap in a door and proceeded to kill the lion that resided in the adjacent cage by severing the lion's jugular vein with a single swipe of its paw.
vbR7 TIL Hustler Magazine owner Larry Flynt survived an attack by a serial killer, but was paralyzed from the waist down. He pleaded for his attacker to not be executed, saying “a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself.