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TIL Louis CK attributes his success to a specific comment made by George Carlin

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JR58 TIL Henry Paget, Cavalry commander at the Battle of Waterloo had his leg blown off by a cannon ball. When it happened he shouted to the Duke of Wellington “By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!” — to which Wellington replied, “By God, sir, so you have!”
4XRYX TIL about Dewey Beard, the last Native American veteran of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. In 1892, his family was killed by the US Army at the Wounded Knee Massacre, and he was shot. In 1942, the Department of War confiscated his land to form a firing range. He died in poverty in 1955.
QJZNp TIL that violent punishments in islam is basically a warning. Due to the long checklist to be guilty.
p0eO TIL that there is a phenomenon while we sleep known as Hypermnesia that seems to prove we have access to more memories while dreaming than in waking life.
xAGb TIL if your property is foreclosed in Spain, you will have to work for the bank to pay off your loan.