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TIL That Nixon employed a foreign policy designed to make him appear “irrational and volatile” - literally called “The Madman Theory”

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JY9r4 TIL in 1985, a teenage kid in Detroit was beaten up so badly, he severely injured his face, legs and back. He recovered from the injuries and grew up to become one of the most successful rap artists of all time under the stage name Eminem
b6jAZ TIL in Canada, most airport codes begin with the letter Y as back in the 1930s, it was important to know whether or not an airport had a weather/radio station located on its premises, for safety and landing reasons. If it did, the letter Y for "yes" was added in front of the existing radio call sign
gMJY7 TIL About RAS Syndrome, Redundant Acronym Syndrome, like when people say PIN Number or ATM Machine.
R7P7l TIL events like earthquakes create differences between GMT and UTC that require the introduction of Leap Seconds to keep them in sync, the last one being Dec 31 2016.
1ad9V TIL Martin Van Buren is presently the only US President who spoke English as a second language.