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TIL that ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad was a survivor of Nazi Germany’s Lebensborn program, an attempt to selectively “breed” more children with “racially desirable” traits.

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4Kvw TIL the descendants of Aztec Emperor Montezuma were recognized as nobility by European nations, moved to Spain, rose through the ranks of the Spanish aristocracy and today hold the highest title of Duke of Moctezuma
KOap9 TIL that the widowed wife of Lee Harvey Oswald (the man who shot JFK), Marina Oswald Porter, is still alive and living in Texas. She still believes that he was innocent of the assassination.
6o17 Til that at the United States Naval Academy, “General Tso’s chicken” is served in the main mess hall, as “Admiral Tso’s Chicken”.
kOxRd TIL of 15 yo Mary Vincent, who in the 70's hitched a ride with a stranger. She was then brutally assaulted in the van, had both of her arms chopped off, and was then thrown over a cliff to die. She miraculously survived and later faced her attacker in court.
EAmV TIL of the 1833 Leonids meteor shower, the largest one ever recorded estimated at 240 000 “shooting stars” per hour (~67 every second) radiating from Leo constellation over a 9 hour period. The event had such an impact on society that it was used to date people with no birth certificate.