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TIL the USA collaborated with the Mafia to infiltrate and disrupt the Axis forces in Sicily prior to the Allied invasion.

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GY9vg TIL the "Mad Hatter" character in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is never actually called "Mad Hatter" in the book, but just "Hatter". Instead, "Mad Hatter" is a supervillain in DC Comics with a very similar appearance.
e0bb4 TIL: Entrepreneur Laura Scudder (1881-1959), a pioneer of marking food with freshness dates & of using chips bags was refused insurance by male agents. After decades she gave up a $9 million offer for her company when the buyer wouldn't guarantee workers' jobs. (A later $6M offer did protect them.)
E1E4w TIL Teddy Roosevelt regularly staged boxing matches in the White House, taking on anyone he could - including professional boxers. He only stopped boxing when his eyesight was permanently damaged by a punch from his military aide, Col. Daniel T. Moore.
e0gmL TIL a cat named Oscar survived the sinking of three ships during WW2
woXoY TIL Newton's phrase about standing on the shoulders of giants dates back to at least 1159. John of Salisbury wrote then that "we see more and farther than our predecessors, not because we have keener vision or greater height, but because we are lifted up and borne aloft on their gigantic stature."