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TIL that Franklin Roosevelt most likely had Guillane-Barre syndrome rather than polio

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yVoMp TIL that in 1946, Hungary issued the largest-denomination banknote ever, the 100 quintillion (10^20) pengő note. This was a result of the worst case of hyperinflation in history. One sextillion (10^21) pengő banknotes were printed as well but ultimately never issued.
9rvp TIL of Chuck Cunningham syndrome, which describes the TV phenomenon where a character simply disappears, and their absence is never acknowledged and the other characters continue on as if nothing has happened.
M5vK TIL that the series finale of MAS*H had an estimated 125 million viewers; the most for any TV show. It was also reported that 77% of the toilets in NYC were flushed in the 3 minutes following the end of the episode, the highest water usage at one given time in the city’s history.
pYZGO TIL that the Tower of B*bel was built to avoid a second fl**d by humans who all spoke a single language. As a result, they were punished by being scattered and made to speak different languages, so they could no longer understand each other
oW4A TIL that Florida is the flattest state, Kansas isn’t even in the top 5.