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TIL Hitler was a highly decorated veteran of WWI. He only wore his wound badge, Iron Cross First Class, and Nazi Party Gold Badge #1 after assuming power.

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yV5WM TIL there is a town called Bat Cave, North Carolina which is named after the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America, and predates the creation of Batman
b90rj TIL John Lennon had a temper so volatile, nearly anything could set him off. One night, it exploded in an incident that ended up damaging his 4 year-old son’s hearing. Sean, who was playing with food, got a yelling so bad he had to go to the hospital.
lodlA TIL - The Holy Roman Empire fought against the United States in the Revolutionary War of 1775-1783.
nkgr TIL that a woman named Rifca Stanescu became the world’s youngest grandmother at the age of 23. Rifca, from the Romanian town of Investi, was 12 years old when she gave birth to her daughter, Maria. Maria, in turn, had her first child, her son Ion, at age 11.
kdkB TIL- Green Beanery, an organic coffee shop in Toronto, says all their proficts go to their owner –Energy Probe Research Foundation–which they call a “federally registered environmental charity”. In reality, it is a lobbyist group for fossil fuel companies, owned by Lawrence Solomon