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TIL the phrase "kill them all and let God decide" from the Simpsons is actually a historical reference

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R8ma TIL there is a company specialising in making hidden doorways \ rooms for your home. One requires a chess board played in a certain combo to unlock.
8GmL TIL In 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson said to the Greek ambassador “Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fellows continue itching the elephant they may just get whacked by the elephant’s trunk, whacked good.”
8xb8 TIL Don Karkos lost his eyesight due to shrapnel from a grenade in WWII. 64 years later he was kicked in the head by a horse in the exact spot the shrapnel had been. Which cause him to regain his eyesight.
VBdQ4 TIL about the Straw Hat Riot in NYC 1922. It was an unwritten rule that straw hats should not be worn after Sep 15. It started when teenagers tried to take and stomp on the straw hats of dock workers.
4X8ma TIL that on October 30, 1950, the US government bombed Puerto Rico to suppress nationalist feelings to become independent