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TIL Henry Kissinger was an Honorary Member of The Harlem Globetrotters

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WkY1N TIL The Battle of the Somme ended with roughly 420,000 British, 200,000 French, and 500,000 German casualties, the result of the 141-day battle was the British frontline moving just 6 miles into German territory.
Y7JE7 TIL that during the famous 1959 Kitchen Debate, Khrushchev claimed that Nixon's grandchildren would live under communism. But Khrushchev would later be disproven as it was his son instead that became a naturalized American citizen.
rRRyd TIL that in Mumbai, blue dogs were found roaming the streets due to industrial waste
xVXP1 Black women are three times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than white women in the U.S.
wVJM TIL a woman purchased and renovated a Boeing 727 (airplane) to live in and ended up costing only about $30,000