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TIL ABOUY The first large-scale battle fought by American soldiers in World War. And it happened in BELLA WOOD.

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w05J TIL that Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.”
N7p78 TIL that Sir Salman Rushdie still receives a "sort of Valentine's card" from Iran each year on 14 February letting him know the country has not forgotten the vow to kill him
54Vn TIL The letter R is one of the last sounds to be developed in English possibly because children aren’t always certain what people are doing to produce the sound
wRlW TIL Beanie Babies, at the height of their popularity, accounted for 10% of eBay traffic and some collectors insured their purchases for thousands of dollars.
loEQ1 TIL that “goodbye” derives from the 1570s saying “God be with ye.”