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TIL that singing birthday cards have more processing power than the combined computers of the Allied Forces in World War II.

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Z8OkG TIL that Bill Cosby was instrumental in ending the practice of "painting down," in which instead of using black stuntmen for black actors, white stuntmen performed in blackface. Cosby refused to have "painted down" stunt doubles for his "I Spy" role and only worked with stunt performer Calvin Brown.
RPmw TIL that the commander of the first “Flamethrower unit” used in WW1 was named “Bernhard” and that before the war he was a firefighter.
KOnp6 TIL that FDR served 4 terms because there were no term limits before 1951
yQeGe TIL that the first meal eaten on the moon was bacon, peaches, and grapefruit juice
j6VDp TIL that The world's oldest underground station is considered to be "Baker Street" station in London, which opened in 1863 as part of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway .