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TIL Harry Truman was the only president who Served in World war 1

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7gmL TIL of “The Colts” the family at the center of the worst cases of child abuse in Australia. A commune of 40 people whose genes were traced back to a married brother and sister.
O6lX TIL PETA (the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have themselves euthanized an estimated 85% of the animals they rescue
X0Xrr TIL that the real name of the actor we all know as Boris Karloff - famous for playing Frankenstein's monster (his 82nd role by the way!) - was William Henry Pratt, and he elected to act under a pseudonym so as not to embarass his well known, well connected and almost aristocratic English family.
oReG8 TIL the fax machine was invented in 1843
6dXX TIL on this day, Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government. President John Adams later signed it into law.