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TIL that the last war chief of the Crow Nation earned his title in Europe during WW2. He completed all four tasks required to become a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse.

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mxgYP TIL about the MS Achille Lauro. The Italian cruise ship, launched in 1947, crashed into other ships twice, caught fire four times, and was hijacked in 1985. It eventually sank in the Indian Ocean in 1994.
AyDw Til that former ruler of panama Manuel Noriega was pen pals with a 10 year old girl from the United States, She originally wrote to him because she liked the general’s hat. This correspondence developed to the point where Noriega invited her family to visit him in Panama.
8e9GL TIL of the Schultüte, which means "school cone" in English. It is a large attractively decorated cone filled with toys, chocolate, sweets, school supplies, and various other treats. The cones are given to German children by their parents and/or grandparents on their first day of first grade.
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