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XY9R TIL: Franklin D. Roosevelt once accidentally walked in on a naked Winston Churchill. When Roosevelt apologized, Churchill replied: “The Prime Minister of Great Britain has nothing to hide from the President of the United States.”
eXQb TIL: The Queen of Britain technically owns all whales and dolphins in UK waters, due to a law dating from 1324, and all swans in the Thames.
xA61 TIL the rat poison/life saving human medication Coumadin was discovered after cows were observed eating clover and then bleeding to death.
161ZP TIL in Japan it is not uncommon to order a full meal in a sit-down restaurant from a vending machine
VMEvQ TIL that in the 1950's and 60's Americans were told that by the year 2000 the normal work week would be 20-30 hours, and people would be committing suicide from boredom.