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TIL Only 4% of Irish people have red hair

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9wLyp TIL that William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, served five English kings, was once held hostage as a child, and later became regent for a young King Henry III. He was also a legendary knight who won over 500 tournaments and joined the Knights Templar on his deathbed.
Re71 TIL Hitler had a relative called “Paddy Hitler” who ended up joining the US Navy, where, along with all recruits, he had to fill out a form listing any relatives who might be fighting for the enemy.
KOLJB TIL that a serial killer named Marcel Petiot evaded capture, then disguised himself as a cop, eventually being the cop assigned to investigate his very own murders, before eventually someone recognized him.
VBRY4 TIL Les Paul, who the iconic Gibson Les Paul guitar was named after, was also a pioneer of multi-track recording and the echo and phaser effects, making him one of the most influential people in modern music history
Dxkv TIL The Olympic games used to include gold medals in categories such as architecture, city planning, sculpturing and statistics. The founder of modern olympics himself, Pierre de Coubertin, won the gold medal in literature at the 1912 summer olympics.