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TIL The Beatles' 1965 film Help! was dedicated to Elias Howe who invented the sewing machine in 1846.

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M7XL0 TIL about "Ministerial Responsibility", something which exists in Westminster-style governments, whereby government ministers are expected to resign if waste, corruption or misbehavior has occurred in their part of the government.
8aBaL TIL that during the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. So this guy is the only reason why all of us are still alive today
X0PYP TIL that poet and cartoonist Shel Silverstein (A Light in the Attic, The Giving Tree) was also a frequent writer and illustrator for Playboy. His biographer believes he had sex with hundreds or thousands of women over the course of many visits to the Playboy mansion.
dD7xd TIL The standard dollar bill length is roughly 6.14 inches or about half a foot. This makes it a convenient and easy-to-use measuring tool. The width of a dollar bill is around 2.61 inches, which can also be used for measurements in a pinch. 😉
9wgWQ TIL that the late Dean Of Game Shoe Hosts, Bill Cullen, was pilot in the Army Air Forces during WW II. What made this feat so amazing is that he was disabled due to contracting polio at the age of 18 months and a drastic automobile accident in 1937. Because of this, he was stationed stateside.