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TIL President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a farewell speech that warned the U.S citizens about a military industrial complex In 1961

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j6r0X TIL when St. Peter’s Basilica was remodeled in the 1600’s, the tombs of nearly a thousand years of Catholic Popes were destroyed.
D8Be TIL that marines and the United States Marine Corps specifically can trace their heritage to their nations’ first privateers. As veteran marksmen who could pick off opposing forces from a moving ship, they evolved from boarders during pitched ship battles to advance raiders during naval invasions.
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