Mind-blowing Facts That Literally Nobody Has Heard Before

Teddy the Legend

Nowadays, American presidents are soft businessmen who have never had to struggle much in their lives whatsoever. Theodore Roosevelt was the opposite of that. He lived a difficult, strenuous life. Because of that, he was well suited to receive a bullet wound while standing on a podium, hide until his assailant was caught, and then return to continue speaking for three hours. 

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  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • Only two national flags have the color purple on them.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • Hippos have the largest mouths of any animal on land.
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