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TIL: US President Eisenhower warned of an “out of hand” military industrial complex in his farewell speech

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441R TIL the world could run out of helium in 25 years…bad news for MRI machines, radiation detection machines and clowns
N7DXP TIL that the only countries where divorce is illegal are the Vatican City and the Philippines
XgQR TIL in Sept of 1986, Late Night with David Letterman aired a rerun of a Feb show. Letterman had the entire rerun dubbed from English to English using the cast of Speed Racer as the voices.
8DMG TIL Ulysses S. Grant’s administration was plagued with corruption and scandal due to nepotism, favoritism, and the unprecedented way he ran his cabinet resulting in Black Friday (1869) and Whiskey Ring (1875)
GY64Q TIL of the Mount Washington Devil’s Shingles. Workers who worked on the Mount Washington Cog Railway sometimes raced sleds down the 6,300 ft. mountain. One time a worker went from the summit to the base in 2 1/2 minutes, at points traveling as fast as 60-100 mph.