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TIL James Cameron sketched Jack’s nude portrait of Rose for the film Titanic

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0dwM TIL that Lyndon B. Johnson enjoyed showing his penis, which he nicknamed “Jumbo,” to his colleagues at the US Capitol. On the floors of the house and senate, he was known to “extravagantly rummage away at his groin.”
D8de TIL the 6th man to walk on the moon claimed peace-loving aliens came to earth in order to stop a USA vs Soviet nuclear war
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4kBD5 TIL that swinging our arms when walking makes us spend less energy and walk faster than if we tried to hold them still.
kMxW TIL during WWII, Hawaii had its own unique US banknotes. In case of Japanese invasion, the US government would have declared the notes worthless to prevent their use by Japanese troops.