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TIL that Roosevelt is on the dime because he helped create March of Dimes, the organization that was originally a campaign to fund polio research.

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RO1l TIL of 15 year-old World War One Royal Navy officer Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, having survived being torpedoed on three different ships within one hour, all of which sunk, swimming to each after abandonment of the last. Musgrave went on to survive the war and live a full life until 1989.
J1mam TIL one of the US senators from Idaho is named “Mike Crapo”
6EavQ TIL that cats knead different objects and for different reasons. When it kneads its owner, it's usually to return affection. Female cats might knead to signal that they're ready for mating. Cats in general might also knead to stretch their muscles or even mark their territories.
Ypg9Z TIL that Kodak discovered the US was testing atomic weapons due to problems appearing on their consumer film. Kodak was worried about their product and profits ultimately striking a deal with the US Government in order to get schedules and maps of future tests in exchange for Kodak's silence.
m15bp TIL sine and cosine waves are actually a spiral in 3D. The 2D version is just a side view of the spiral.