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TIL Beyonce's clothing line made to "support & inspire women" was made by women in sweat shops earning $6.10 per day

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bdWa TIL of Charles Alvin Beckwith, creator of the U.S. Army’s Delta Force unit. He once contracted leptospirosis so severe the doctors did not expect him to live; he made a full recovery in months. He was later critically wounded by a .50 round and expected to die. Within months, he fully recovered.
OVwX TIL there are 15 surviving autographs from William Shakespeare. None are spelled the same and none are spelled the way we do today.
DQder [TIL] The murder of 14 year old Bobby Franks committed by Leopold and Loeb to execute a "perfect crime" inspired by Nietzsche’s concept of Übermenschen
Z8pkp TIL that by law, no United States officer can outrank George Washington. He was posthumously promoted to Six-Star General in 1976.
kJeA4 TIL that Big Bird has a Mexican cousin named Abelardo Montoya, which appears on Plaza Sezamo, the Mexican co-production of Sesame Street