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TIL that Morgan Freeman is the only American to ever par the longest and highest par three golf hole in the world.

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9YYM7 TIL that Hitler approved of a school to talk to dogs. One dog, when asked "Who is Adolf Hitler?" was trained to reply "Mein Fuhrer!"
E1Naw TIL that in 1665 an outbreak of bubonic plague ravaged London. Those with the financial means to escape to the countryside did just that. Unfortunately for those left behind, the flight from the city included many of its most prominent doctors.
5YANP TIL that in the 18th century, many prominent voices were concerned by the threat posed by people reading too much. They called it "reading lust" or "reading mania" and warned that it would lead to morally dissolute and promiscuous behaviour.
oEmW TIL an inventor trying to make a sock to prevent trench foot first produced modern water balloons. Having made a latex-coated sock and filling it with water to test for leaks, he found a rip and angrily threw it on his table. Pleased with the splash, he decided to market water balloons for children.
WkGwd TIL that the first American to die in Vietnam was actually murdered by a fellow soldier in 1956. Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. gave candy to local children when he bumped into a drunk colleague that shot him on sight. It took 43 years for his name to be added to the Vietnam War Memorial.