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TIL that Ayn Rand actually hated the libertarians and anarcho-capitalists of her time.

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nel4r TIL the "rule" which says never to end a sentence with a preposition may derive from John Dryden's habit of translating his own English verse into Latin. He did so to "check whether his writing was concise and elegant, Latin being considered an elegant and long-lived language with which to compare."
WkloY TIL about RUSA FM. The only officially syndicated Russian radio station in the United States. It broadcasts in Greater New York, Greater Philadelphia and Greater Miami, and plays Russian music hosted by Russian DJs
lagG Til of Galvarino, the Mapuche Warrior, who after having his hands chopped off by Conquistadors, would have knives attached to his wrists and fight in the war against Spain.
Y7KAB TIL about the St. Patrick's Battalion, a unit in the Mexican American war on the Mexican side. Made up largely of Irish Catholics, it contained a number of other Catholics from around Europe, and elsewhere, as well. Led by Irishman John Riley, the unit had ~700 men at its height.
loN9G TIL of Canadian football, a very similar sport to American football only practiced in Canada; the championship game is a huge sports event there