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TIL Kevin Spacey is a gifted impersonator

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ZpvQo TIL despite surviving an assassination attempt while running for president again, Theodore Roosevelt did not win re-election!
g4n8 TIL that chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer literally spat on a US order warning him that a rematch in Eastern Europe would violate US sanctions. He played the match and then spent the next 16 years as a fugitive outside the US until his death.
Br6Vr TIL that the territory of Jammu and Kashmir have two capitals. In the winter, the capital is Jammu and in the summer the capital switches to Srinagar
R7p0w TIL Color Blind people can see the differences in texture and brightness more intensely than normal people and were even used in WWII to spot camouflage.
yQy6V TIL that LA libraries started "The Great Read Away" program that allows kids to read books to clear their late fees. In the first six months of the program over 3,500 previously "locked accounts" had been cleared, and now 80% of parents are more likely to let their kids go to the library.