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6Erow TIL In ancient Greece, an “idiot” was anyone who didn’t participate in political or public arenas. It comes from the word idios, meaning “self” or a selfish person who ignored political debate and didn’t participate in politics. As the word implies, it was someone who was “separated from the whole.”
dDEmd TIL that the Eastern Front alone is enough to make WWII one of the, if not the single deadliest war of all time. Of the approximately 80 million deaths caused by WWII, about 40 million were on the eastern front.
wKM7 TIL that Quentin Tarantino never knew his father, but his father latched on to Quentin’s fame in order to become an actor.
4vL6 TIL in 1963 San Francisco Giants manager Alvin Dark is said to have joked, They’ll put a man on the moon before pitcher Gaylord Perry hits a home run. 1 hour after the 1969 moon landing he hit his first career homerun.
9YAmM TIL Stalin's Granddaughter is a Buddhist that runs an antique shop in Portland, Oregon