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TIL Mount Rushmore construction was completed on Halloween (October 31, 1941)

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Oo9QR Today I learned about the life of Tlatoani Nezahualcoyotl one of the greatest kings of the pre-Columbian era in America and about his incredible life in which he was a poet, engineer, legislator, philosopher, and a war that killed 14 rival kings with his own hands and father of 110 children.
p8EwN Today I learned that the Russian Orthodox Church regularly blesses Russian Military Hardware, but has decided that it is inappropriate to bless weapons of mass destruction
Me9OK TIL of Eugene Bullard. America’s First Black fighter pilot who without the wager of a $2,000 bet would have never flown at all. Remarkably, he fought for the French, was a boxer, stevedore, jazz drummer, club manager and finally an elevator operator in NYC.
OoYB1 TIL that marijuana-fed pigs are bigger and 'more savory'
JYp74 TIL the infamous LAN party gamer duct taped to the ceiling is in the process of filming a documentary about the legendary day.