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TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day

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epdV4 TIL about the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largely unknown naval battle which was the largest of World War II and by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history.
PpgJ TIL in 1995, current US House Speaker John Boehner was caught handing out checks from the tobacco lobby on the floor of the House of Representatives just before a vote on cutting tobacco subsidies.
woZWJ TIL that the world’s oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old. While the median age a dog reaches tends to be about 10-15 years, the Australian cattle dog, ‘Bluey’, survived to the ripe old age of 29.5.
wLW9Y TIL In 1982, Heinz-Josef Große, a 34 year old East German construction worker at the Inner German border attempted to escape with the help of his backhoe. He breached various obstacles including the border fence only to be cut down halfway up a hill just several feet/meters from West German soil.
pYW4Q TIL during a Batman reunion on The Late Show, Burt Ward (Robin) mentioned that they did’t get any money from the show after 1970