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TIL that the US military was concerned about the potential backlash from Catholics if Rome was bombed during WWII.

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BAlK TIL that after Kirani James won Grenada’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in 2012, the country was so proud that the government held a giant 3-hour celebratory rally attended by thousands, gave him US$186,000, printed new stamps, named a new stadium after him, and built a museum/gym in his home town.
N79D8 TIL of Major Francis Harvey VC who after being mortally wounded and losing both legs during the Battle Of Jutland crawled to a voice pipe to order the burning magazine sealed and flooded, saving the HMS Lion and its 1000 sailors from being destroyed in a magazine explosion
5Ear TIL: Ozzy Osbourne joined a Christian protest march against himself outside of one of his concerts
kJ1Zg TIL about Marvin Heemeyer, a Coloradan citizen who inflicted $7M worth of damage to buildings using a DIY steel-armor plated bulldozer
p8kgO TIL Grover Cleveland placed his first (illegitimate) child into an orphanage and had the baby's mother committed to an insane asylum in order to cover up the scandal.