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TIL: During World War 1, Canadian Soldiers Cunningly Exploited Germans' Trust by Offering Tins of Corned Beef, Only to Later Toss Grenades into Their Trenches

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wL6Z6 TIL Bob Marley moved near his mother's residence in Wilmington, Delaware for a short time, during which he worked as a DuPont lab assistant and on the assembly line at a Chrysler plant in nearby Newark, under the alias Donald Marley.
54GD TIL that JFK purchased 1200 Cuban cigars hours before he ordered the Cuban Trade Embargo in 1962
N7gA6 TIL about Derek Paravicini, an autistic, blind, and severely mentally handicapped piano savant. He can play, transpose, and improvise on nearly any song he has ever heard despite his disabilities.
xVBn5 TIL the PHSCC and NOAACOC are members of the Uniformed Services of the US, but are not part of the US military.
Z64B TIL two Satanist gay couples were charged with a misdemeanor after kissing each other over the grave of Fred Phelps’ (from the Westboro Baptist Church) mother.