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TIL Ireland remained neutral during WWII, a period known as "The Emergency"

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ndyd TIL Before Becoming President, Franklin Roosevelt Was Rebuked By Congress For Overseeing the Creation of a Gay Teenage Prostitution Ring in the Navy. It didn’t hurt his Presidential Run Because Press Thought it Was Too Indecent to Report.
nXBr TIL: Chicago’s nickname “The Windy City” has nothing to do with wind, but rather refers to its politicians who are “full of wind”
rdgo TIL Anders Celsius originally created the temperature scale with 100 degrees as freezing and 0 degrees as boiling. Carl Linnaeus, another scientist, waited until he died to change the scale to what it is today.
BgdDx TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father
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