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TIL that General Patton had a years long affair with his niece starting when she was 17 and continuing on through WWII

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5YDZp TIL about the Thibodaux Massacre, a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana from November 22-25 1887. As many as 300 overall were killed, wounded or missing, making it one of the most violent labor disputes in U.S. history.
8oPG TIL that before the heart/lung machine was invented, a doctor oxygenated his patient’s blood by routing it through another person. Parents often served this purpose while their children had heart surgery.
6JDJ TIL that the car that President Kennedy was killed in was cleaned and used as the presidential limousine for President Lyndon B. Johnson until 1967 and later remained in service until 1978, 15 years after Kennedy’s death.
OGDjg TIL about "Nanokids" organic compounds shaped like humans
yQOlv TIL that the Berlin Wall stood for 10,316 days, and that 2/07/18 will be 10,316 days since it has been gone