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TIL that there is video footage of Helen Keller, including her speaking.

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4XZ9g TIL in 1983 there was a Coneheads animated series pilot voiced by the original actors, animated by Rankin/Bass (Hobbit,Thundercats)
4J6w TIL during the Battle of the Bulge, American MPs trying to uncover German infiltrators would ask soldiers questions that every American should know. General Omar Bradley was briefly detained after he “incorrectly” identified Springfield as the capital of Illinois. The MP thought it was Chicago.
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