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b6DxN TIL that a young John F Kennedy sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons and watched then UK PM (Neville Chamberlain) declare war on Germany in 1939. Churchill also gave a speech which left an impression on JFK.
QJ87a TIL that in 2007, China executed the head of the State Food and Drug Administration (Chinese FDA) for accepting bribes and approving unsafe medicines.
R5oO4 TIL The "two-fingered salute" with an inward facing palm has long been an insulting gesture in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. George H W Bush once accidentally used the insulting gesture in Australia, mistaking it for the "peace sign" (palm facing outwards).
yVAWl TIL the only survivor of a mid-air collision between 2 planes over Amur Oblast (that killed her husband & 36 others) fell 5,220 meters while holding onto a piece of the plane. After waiting 2 days in the woods with fractures to her arms, ribs & spine, she began to walk on the 3rd & found rescuers.
BmnD TIL that on the 2013 Blu-ray of “Matilda”, they included a clip of the infamous chocolate cake scene reenacted with all the original actors at a reunion party