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TIL Gina Torres (Dozer’s widow in Matrix Reloaded and of course Zoe from Firefly) is a classically-and-jazz-trained mezzo-soprano and speaks fluid Spanish

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5L8R TIL that, in terms of wars won and lost, the French military has the best military record in Europe, having won 109, drawn 10, and lost 49 of the wars it’s participated in since 387 BCE
7rN6L TIL from 986 CE, Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images were smashed due to the Islamic dislike of idolatry. Hence, the Islamic term for an 'idol' became 'budd'.
GANZE TIL Van Gogh's sister in law was behind Van Gogh’s posthumous success and fame, She dedicated her life to spreading his art and legacy after his death, She preserved and published his letters, organized and exhibited his paintings, wrote and translated articles and books about him
ygdJ TIL that during the Berlin Blockade in 1948 a pilot who was doing supply drops for the civilians became known as ‘Uncle Wiggly Wings’ after he started dropping candy and chocolate from his plane and wiggling his wings so people knew it was him.
gMAmX TIL Alexander the Great held Cyrus in such high esteem that when he discovered that Cyrus' tomb had been ransacked upon conquering the capital city, he personally paid to have it completely restored to its former glory down to the smallest detail and appointed his own guards to watch over it.