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TIL Mormon families are encouraged by church leaders to be prepared for disasters, and that most Mormon families stockpile three months supplies of food and water and have community emergency plans in place wherever they are located.

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5YKVr TIL of Nancy Wake who ran away from home at 16 with just £200. Her husband was executed by the German and she worked as a nurse, a journalist, a courier & finally a spy for the UK. She is responsible for destroying the Gestapo HQ & was awarded medals by the US, UK, France, among others post-WW2.
j6QE TIL Woody Harrelsons Father was a contract Killer
XEXmk TIL that the musical artist “Cary Brothers” (known for the single “Blue Eyes” on the Garden State soundtrack) is not multiple men with the last name Cary who are brothers - but one man, first name Cary, last name Brothers.
JYZ54 TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted to attend his son John's graduation from West Point, but was unable to do so because he was "a bit too busy with work." On graduation day - June 6, 1944 - the elder Eisenhower was overseeing the Allied invasion of Normandy.
01Q5 TIL after WWII the Soviets wanted to rebuild the historic Old Town of Warsaw as authentically as possible, using special kilns to fire new bricks in the old style, etc. But after 6 years of reconstruction, citizens noticed “mistakes”–the rebuilt facades were based on inaccurate 18th C. paintings.