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TIL Lin-Manuel Miranda’s High-School Bully Was Rapper Immortal Technique

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XEAbQ TIL In 1838 a man started celebrity stalking Queen Victoria, breaking into Buckingham Palace multiple times and stealing the Queen’s underwear
4kkP5 TIL the billionaire founder of Duty Free Shoppes is a lifelong renter and has donated his entire $8 Billion fortune to philanthropic initiatives
XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
60kW TIL The greatest tank ace in history wasn’t a high ranking German officer, but a young enlisted Czech auto worker. He was never given a Knights cross because he beat up an officer he saw abusing prisoners of war.
ANA14 TIL "Chief Heat Officer" is a thing now