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TIL A Swedish mercenary fought in 13 wars on 4 different continents

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OGEm4 TIL that during one July, 2007 segment of Fox & Friends they described the children's TV host Fred Rogers as evil for supposedly encouraging generations of children to grow up with a sense of self-entitlement. They also used titles such as "Blame Mr. Rogers," and "Was Mr. Rogers Wrong?"
AXEd TIL John Knoll, the visual fx supervisor of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, won an oscar for a Pirates of the Caribbean movie and also invented Photoshop.
Z8kQY TIL the longest war in human history lasted 781 years in Spain between Spanish Christians and Muslim Moors of Morocco. The conflict officially ended in 1492
LWOm TIL while Dirk Willems was escaping from a prison across an ice covered pond, a guard noticed him and chased him. The guard ended up breaking the ice and falling into the water, begging for help. Willems turned back and saved him, only for the guard to recapture the prisoner and have him executed
XKdr TIL the FBI kept a file on Louis Armstrong for his outspokenness about integration.