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TIL that the idea of a Potemkin Village was used in multiple countries to cover up an unpleasant or damaging part of town. It derived from stories of a former lover of Catherine II who wanted to impress her so he made portable villages and moved them to reuse in the next part of Crimea, 1787

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oaDr TIL that the three highest paid employees of the Department of Defense are Football coaches for the Military, Navy, and Air Force Academies, with one making $1.6mil in 2012.
XE5vr TIL many tattoo artists offer nipple tattoos free of charge to breast cancer survivors.
mrJp TIL that the Aztecs used something called a “death whistle” when attacking rival tribes and it will haunt your nightmares
19P7 TIL The Man That Invented Kwanzaa Went to Prison For “Felonious Assault and False Imprisonment” for Torturing Several Women
r0we TIL Christopher Columbus used a lunar eclipse, predicted by European science, to persuade Jamaican natives that he was a God. This convinced them to continue feeding him and his men, at great personal loss.