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TIL FDR died just as they were making a portrait of him, leaving the portrait incomplete.

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X06mX TIL That the smallest body of water that has a perceptible tide is... Lake Superior.
Lkadp TIL on July 9, 1962 , a nuclear bomb called "Starfish Prime" was successfully detonated in outer space as a part of the program ‘Operation Fishbowl" following two failures that resulted in radioactive material falling to earth from 35,000 feet.
M7NGV TIL NYC's Triborough (RKF) Bridge's Manhattan terminus was routed 25 extra blocks uptown so William Randolph Hearst could sell unwanted land to the city
6Ee0Q TIL that Geddy Lee (of Rush) was so inspired by his tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball museum in Kansas City that he bought at auction over 400 baseballs signed by Negro Leagues players and donated the entire collection to the museum.
YZor TIL Pres. Woodrow Wilson’s face is on the $100,000 bill and the bill is only used for Reserve Banks and Illegal if in possession of it.