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TIL that there is a fictional character who is an official member of the German parliament

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eLJ4 TIL about Sonny Graham, who received a heart transplant from a suicide victim, then married the donor’s widow, then committed suicide in similar circumstances.
OoE67 TIL that during WWI influenza sickened 26% of the US Army—more than one million men—and killed almost 30,000 before they even got to France.
W7yXA TIL around 400,000 gladiators died in the Colosseum.
xV4M5 TIL: May 26 is National Sorry day in Australia, to commemorate the mistreatment of the country’s indigenous people.
j6JOQ TIL: In 1915, the New York Philharmonic received complaints about loud knitting, so the directors politely asked patrons to not knit during concerts.