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TIL during the Cuban Missile Crisis, French President Charles de Gaulle declined to see the surveillance photos saying, “The word of the president of the United States is good enough for me.”

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5YEa8 TIL that more than 27 million Americans went hunting in 2016 and that it generates nearly $3.5 billion yearly in federal, state and local taxes.
Qo5k TIL that Southern sweet tea was originally used to show wealth, as tea, ice, and sugar were all very expensive at the time.
ME0a TIL during WWII, the Gestapo’s most wanted person was Special Operations Executive agent Nancy Wake. Among her numerous exploits, she killed an SS soldier with a “judo-chop”, to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid.
Z85Wv TIL the cap of the Washington Monument contains 100 ounces of pure aluminum. Aluminum was one of the rarest and most valuable metals in the world – more valuable than silver – when the building was constructed in the 1850s.
XE0Rr TIL that the line in Thor: Ragnarok ("We know each other! He's a friend from work!") was actually suggested by a young Make-a-Wish visitor to the movie’s set.