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TIL at age 53, Roosevelt delivered a 50 page speech after getting shot in the chest, the stack of paper for his speech cushioned him against the bullet.

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8alrK TIL during filming of Gangs of New York, they built what was essentially a full scale complete replica of the Five Points in 1800's New York. According to the DVD commentary, George Lucas visited the set and explained that CGI effects would be much cheaper but Scorsese insisted on authenticity.
epl8n TIL about Encephalitis lethargica. Known as sleepy sickness, it was a 10 year epidemic with no known cause and continues sporadically today.
e0wX6 TIL that 'family values' activist Terry Rakolta wrote to several advertisers asking for them to pull their ads from the show, Married... With Children. Some did but the media coverage it got is what made it a major hit. The cast and crew sent Rakolta flowers every year they were renewed.
PYPaE TIL: A newer study in 2017 discovered the cost of raising a child to 17 in the US averages $233,610 with rural children costing $193,020 and Urban NE costing $264,090 the same study also showed that each additional child is cheaper due to bulk buying and hand me downs.
K19w TIL that the state of Prussia technically existed until 1947.