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TIL roughly 2000 Canadians fought in the Spanish Civil War (proportionately higher than the ratio of US or British volunteers) and roughly half died

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RPLa TIL Vincent Van Gogh did not complete his first major work of art until 5 years before his death, and that his body of work went mostly unnoticed until after his suicide.
kOymB TIL U.S Soldier Sgt. Dennis Weichel gave his life to save an afghan girl as a 16 ton heavily armored vehicle was headed toward her.
9Ye0G TIL that Quentin Roosevelt was the only child of a US President to die in military combat.
0wOZ1 TIL In 1906 a tomb (KV50) containing a well preserved mummified dog was discovered in the Valley of the Kings. Also, they found some of the dog’s belongings. They were fragrance bottle, a food bowl and a water bowl that has some inscriptions and Nile fish drawings.
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