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Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-speech-that-saved-teddy-roosevelts-life-83479091/
TIL in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt gave an eighty-four minute campaign speech with an undressed bullet wound in his chest.
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I believe Roosevelt used part of his speaking time to insult the man that shot him for not doing a good enough job. Baller.
Tis but a scratch!
…as one does.
Bully
In 1962 JFK had an eighty-four minute telephone conversation with the Russian President with an undressed Marilyn Monroe cradled to his chest.
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/31048
I think 90% of the TIL posts are from kids in school learning the basics of American history.
And Donald Trump will NEVER ride a bicycle.