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b9Doj TIL that in 1909, a Jewish man named Jules Fisher took over a Filipino shrimping village in the bayous of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. In time, he would become the president of the parish, a state senator, and an affiliate of Huey Long before dying in office at age 69.
D11mr TIL the GoT & West World Theme songs were created by the same composer.
jej TIL on August 5, 1944, one of the biggest jail-breaks in history involved hundreds of Japanese POWs attempting to escape an Australian prisoner camp. The Japanese considered the Australians weak because they treated the prisoners well. 234 of the Japanese were killed and another 108 wounded.
D1OpV TIL that for hand washing, regular soap is just as good as antibacterial soap
Qrr9 TIL that Elon Musk is “nauseatingly pro-American”, and he believes that “the United States is [inarguably] the greatest country that has ever existed on Earth”