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TIL: US Army base Fort Bragg is named after an extremely unpopular Confederate General who was considered among the worse commanders and is credited as one of the principal factors in the Confederacy's defeat

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wo0Qo Til about Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln a Jewish conman and adventurer who “ posed as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British Member of Parliament for Darlington, German right-wing politician and spy, Nazi collaborator, Buddhist abbot in China, and self-proclaimed Dalai Lama.
X0D06 TIL Jimi Hendrix never had a #1 single. Or even in the top 10. His highest charting single reached #20.
XWY8 TIL Brad Pitt’s younger brother, Douglas Pitt, is the first American to have scaled Mount Kilimanjaro and descended on a mountain bike.
jNyPE TIL Cyndi Laupers hit song "all through the night" was first recorded and written by Jules Shear. Unlike many covers that do not include the original artist, Jules sings throughout Cyndi's recording as backing vocalist.
b91Qj TIL All the Pandas in the world belong to China (even unborn ones)