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TIL Henry Kissinger was an Honorary Member of The Harlem Globetrotters

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Ddjv TIL A Marine Corporal saved two fellow Marines in Iraq by covering a live grenade with his helmet and body.
oR4D7 TIL in 10 years, mid '60s to mid '70s, the transport across the Atlantic went from steam powered liner ships to mach 2 supersonic airliner.
XyX TIL the top floor of the Supreme Court building houses a gym, including a basketball court dubbed “the highest court in the land.”
1mar TIL California has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states, only 27 of which are serious.
gg58 TIL that American psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis tried to order cocaine from his dealer but instead of texting him, he accidentally tweeted it to his 350,000 followers