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TIL although he popularized the term “Second World War” throughout 1941, by 1942 FDR pushed for a different name for the war, and asked the public for ideas. He himself preferred the name “The Survival War.”

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W7MLA TIL because of the low humidity due to high elevation in Denver, the Colorado Rockies baseball team started using a humidor to store baseballs in 2002, after which they found that home runs and other stats became more in line with the rest of the league
R7Gr9 TIL That children from Roosevelt's family would crawl through the space between ceilings and floors in the White House, where no living being but rats and ferrets had been for years.
D1bRv TIL that NYC's famous Second Avenue Deli moved to Third Avenue, but kept its name. Thus the place is often not swamped by tourists
GYnb4 TIL After being threatened by the KKK for releasing the R&B track "What a man" in 1968, Linda Lyndell didn't perform again for 35 years, only making a comeback after Salt-N-Pepa sampled the song in their hit "Whatta Man".
l7n7K TIL that the octane rating you see at the fuel pump isn't the percentage of octane in your fuel. It's simply a measure of its resistance to engine knock in comparison to the isooctane standard.