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TIL the older a world leader is the more likely they are to lead their nation into war.

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MepdV TIL of George Trepal of Polk County Florida. A recluse & an oddball, he poisoned his neighbors, killing the mother, by tampering bottles of Coke with thallium in 1988. He was irritated by loud music & noises by the teenage sons, the reason for doing the poisoning. He is awaiting the death row.
bwg0 TIL for almost 2 decades, the American nuclear launch codes were: 00000000
4wDa TIL the day after liberation, a group of 40 prisoners from Buchenwald tracked down one of the escaped guards in a nearby town, brought him back to camp, and made him hang himself
bK1E TIL that Mozart disliked performer Adriana Ferrarese del Bene, who was know for nodding her head down on low notes and raising her head on high notes, so much, that he wrote a song for her to perform that had lots of jumps from low to high just so he could see her head “bob like a chicken” onstage.
j6o5p TIL of the Daughters of Rebecca, a protest group that emerged in Wales in the early to mid 19th Century. They emerged as a reaction to increasing inequality and exploitation. Several members were transported as convicts and political prisoners to Australia.