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TIL Mr. Roger’s middle name was “McFeely”

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6EBnw TIL Mexico's official name is the United Mexican States
rNayd TIL that in 1941 Time Magazine planned to have Dumbo the Elephant as their Person (or in this case, "Mammal") of the Year due to the success of the Disney Film released that year. However, following the Pearl Harbor Attacks, Time quickly changed their Person of the year to Franklin D. Roosevelt
ZEmp TIL in 1969, George Harrison rage quit The Beatles. John Lennon suggested they invite Harrison’s long-time friend to replace him, but they feared the possible new member had more clout than even The Beatles. Harrison returned by Monday, dissolving the matter of whether or not to hire Eric Clapton.
WkQaN TIL the landlocked country of Mongolia has the smallest navy in the world. It is a single tugboat with a crew of seven, located in Lake Khovsgol which is surrounded entirely by Mongolian territory.
loK7r TIL as Lt. Dan Inouye was about to toss a grenade at a German machine gun nest, a Nazi shot his arm off with an RPG. Undaunted, Inouye pulled the live grenade from his severed hand, tossed it, put his gun in his left hand, then wiped out three machine gun nests and killed 25 Nazis on his own.