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a8AmA TIL, Because of their contribution to World War II the generation of people to be born in 1901-1927 are called "The Greatest Generation"
QY5p TIL When recording “That’s life”, the scowl in Sinatra’s voice was a result of the producer telling Sinatra, after the recording session, to get out of his car and back in the studio to re-record the vocal. This made Frank very angry, shown in the song, creating the exact feel they wanted.
bQRE TIL Former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il once claimed to have invented hamburgers
QJ6Q6 TIL in 1991, comic book writer Fabian Nicieza released a series called NFL SuperPro, starring an ex-NFL player superhero, with the main villain being an assassin called Instant Replay. Nicieza later revealed that his sole motivation for writing the series was getting free New York Jets tickets
KV86 TIL that Napoleon I was actually 5'7", an average male height at the time, and his “shortness” was propaganda used by the British that is still believed today.