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TIL Togo was the hero of the Great Race of Mercy in 1925. Many children would have died if it weren't for him.

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69NNm TIL of Armand Gagné, a peasant boy who was adopted by Marie Antoinette. After her carriage almost ran over the 5-year-old, she became so delighted with his appearance that she took him with her. The boy did not want to go and wished to stay with his family but she forcibly adopted him anyway.
EBop TIL Charles Boycott, an English land agent, was so hated by the community he became a verb.
LkdpP TIL about Queen Soraya of Afghanistan who fought hard to improve the rights of women in the 1920's. She was also the minister of education for Afghanistan and the first Muslim consort to appear in public with her husband. In 1929 her husband was deposed and all their reforms were undone.
EP8P TIL There is a gun at the International Space Station and it belongs to the Russians
GKe5 TIL AirBnB is causing entire neighborhoods to become ghost towns, as landlords push out tenants to make way for overnight visitors.