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KO1vQ TIL About shorthand, a symbol based abbreviated version of writing that focuses on speed. Used in the past to take notes fast before the age of autocomplete.
grwmX TIL: In Ian Fleming's books, James Bond consumed a total of 317 alcoholic drinks. Less than 8% of these drinks were Martinis. He actually preferred Bourbon.
4kXQg TIL that, on October 30, 1939, just under two months into World War II, a German U-boat submarine fired three torpedoes at the ship carrying soon-to-be Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but none of them exploded. Commander Wilhelm Zahn became known as "The Man Who Almost Killed Churchill".
6ERk7 TIL Winston Churchill was half American. His mother, Jennie Jerome of Brooklyn, New York, later Lady Randolph Churchill, was a noted beauty of her day
Egrao TIL there are 31 US states with a county named Washington (the most common county etymology), but Washington state isn’t one of them