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TIL that Henry Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle which was a medal given to foreigners who agreed with the Nazi's ideology.

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wLK98 TIL of Civil War General John Sedgwick. After his soldiers began ducking for cover, Sedgwick rode into the open and declared "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance", before being shot and killed by an enemy sharpshooter.
EgVrp TIL Jewish people were banned from England from 1290 to the 1650's
WbL9 TIL: That hitting the ball around (and not over) the net in tennis is a completely legal move.
7rDGL TIL the X button on a PlayStation controller is actually called the cross button
D1YZJ TIL that the U.S. has a higher maternal mortality rate than Iran, Libya or Turkey...