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p8jPA TIL of Marcario Garcia, a Mexican national in the US Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II. A month later a restaurant owner in Texas denied him service, beat him with a bat, and eventually filed charges against Marcario.
LkJKZ TIL You're more likely to survive a heart attack in a casino than nearly anywhere else.
e07Ak TIL while Richard Nixon was on a trip to the Soviet Union in 1959, high levels of radiation were detected the room he was staying in. Secret Service purposely argued about the radiation and how to handle it in an area they knew the Soviets had bugged. Three hours later, the radiation disappeared.
rl5o TIL since government rules prevented spending more than $750 for a single automobile, FDR did not have an armored car. So he used Al Capone’s.
D1EYe TIL, "Genghis Khan" Was just a title meaning "ruler of all", his given name was Temüjin Borjigin.