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TIL that Watercress is the most nutrient dense vegetable. It contains more vitamin C than oranges, more vitamin E than broccoli, more calcium than whole milk and more iron than spinach!

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R7Np8 TIL Tibor Rubin survived the Holocaust, fought for the US Army during the Korean War, became a POW, and had to wait 55 years to receive his Medal of Honor, all because his sergeant was an anti-Semite.
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