Normally, I'll attempt to find any reason to make work I have to turn in as short as possible, in terms of effort, and how long what I write is. However, I found at least one case when having a long speech was able to save someone's life.
On October 14, 1912, Former US President Theodore 'Teddy Roosevelt (who the Teddy Bear is named after) was shot while leaving dinner. After being briefly examined by doctors, who decided he merely suffered a superficial flesh wound, he travled to a location where he was supposed to make a speech later that night. Where he found out that the bullet hadn't killed him because it was slowed down by going through the thick manuscript of his speech.
I personally wouldn't advise this method of bullet protection today, since the 32 caliber bullet he was shot with ovbiously came from a not very high powered gun.
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Of course, long speeches still do have their downsides. William Henry Harrison died 32 days into his presidency, as he gave a 2 hour long Inaugural Address without wearing a jacket in freezing weather, and caught pneumonia, setting a record for the shortest time an American President has been in power that's lasted over 170 years, and causing a major crisis in the US.
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