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TIL George Washington is considered by most historians to have been a bad public speaker.

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OGEMR TIL a teenager who is blind has been able to play quarterback for a California high school football team by memorizing each play and by communications from his father on the sideline who is able to narrate the visuals to him using a walkie talkie.
VMxm0 TIL: Graham Crackers named for Sylvester Graham, a minister who lived and preached in the first half of the 19th century, carried on a dietary crusade in favor of whole wheat flour, arguing that to separate the bran from the rest of the wheat berry was against the will of God
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