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TIL Karl Marx’s last words were “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.”

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kOMBE TIL that the highest point in Florida is the top of the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami
D1x0V TIL during the Tehran Conference, Stalin proposed over a dinner the execution of 50,000 to 100,000 German officers to prevent Germany from starting another war. Roosevelt, thinking Stalin was joking, said "49,000 would be enough." Churchill however was so enraged he stormed out of the room.
yV0oX TIL that the Bee Gees replaced the last chorus of "Islands In The Stream" with the lyrics of Ghetto Supastar, in their greatest hits version
NVmE TIL that during the Battle off Samar, a single American destroyer charged forward against a huge Japanese force. The ship did so much damage to the Japanese that when she sank, a passing Japanese ship saluted the sinking vessel.
VMBQk TIL of the belief that English should return to it's original roots by removing all words coming from romance languages, Latin, Greek etc. Leaving only the Germanic ones. This includes coining new words based on German or reviving old ones.