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TIL that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only US President to be successfully elected more than two times leading to the ratification of the 22nd amendment in response to his death.

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xVk10 TIL while playing the Wicked Witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton suffered second-degree burns due to a pyrotechnics accident, so she refused to do any more "fireworks" scenes. Later her stunt double was on a flying broomstick, which exploded between her legs and left her permanently scarred.
kOYk5 There is an animal that grows a temporary 'mohawk' to impress females
awEbN TIL a Louis XIV naval shipyard built a 40 canon vessel in 7 hours only, on 13 July 1679
epjZJ TIL of The Centipede's Dilemma, originally a poem, it refers to the effect of overthinking or paying too much attention to what we usually do instinctively and how it can lead to failing at it.
yQ0ka TIL that it's safer than ever to be a cop and the number of line‐of‐duty deaths has declined dramatically over the last five decades.