TIL, FDR asked singer Eddie Cantor if he could get a million people to send in a dollar to support polio research. He replied that it would be easier to ask for dimes. By the end of the month, the White House had received 2.68 million dimes ($268k) and the March of Dimes began.

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Submitted December 23, 2019 at 01:45PM by hr00ns https://ift.tt/34Rctvx