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TIL: Some consider the letter 'R' a vowel

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rRoA0 TIL there is a recording of President of United States Lyndon B. Johnson ordering pants, asking for enough waist for 10-15 lbs of weight change each month, an extra inch "from where the zipper ends...back to my bunghole." to "let out...down where your nuts hang."
4R9o TIL the warship which fired the first shots of WWI was captured once, scuttled twice, raised and refurbished, served under 4 different nations throughout both world wars and is now currently operating as a gravel barge in Serbia.
WkYo9 TIL from 1933 to 1974, it was generally illegal for individuals and corporations to possess gold in the United States
PY6vJ TIL despite the stereotype linking them to Switzerland, Cuckoo Clocks were actually invented and popularised in Germany
mxbax TIL that “Tuvalu is sinking” is the local catch-all phrase used in the small island archipelago due to the changing environment