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TIL the Kuomintang army fought the People's Republic of China from neighboring Burma into the 1960s

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vo0D TIL Matthew McConaughey’s father died while having sex with his mother and she insisted that he be carried out of the house naked after he was pronounced dead because as she puts it “I was just so proud to show off my big old Jim McConaughey — and his gift.”
M7Mx7 TIL until the 1970s, pinball machines were banned in most US cities for corrupting influence on youth
mAvy TIL That a whipping boys existed in the English court in the middle ages. Since monarchy was appointed by God, no one could punish the Prince for bad behavior. For the whipping boy be an effective tool for discipline often a friend was chosen where the two had emotional bond.
eZRg TIL that the only actual case of poisoned Halloween candy occurred in 1974 when a father killed his son with a cyanide-laced Pixy Stick so he could collect life insurance.
dDX9Q TIL The modern Western salute originated in France when knights greeted each other to show friendly intentions by raising their visors to show their faces (according to some modern military manuals, though the history is uncertain and other theories exist)