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TIL the Korean War had a higher rate of civilian casualties than the Vietnam War

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XEnbP TIL The Crypt of the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini church in Rome is decorated with thousands of human skeletons and bones. A placard addressed at those who enter the crypt, reads "What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you shall be."
46v6 TIL Stephen Colbert’s wife grew up two blocks away from him but did not meet him until 1990
gMnd9 TIL there are bigger beds than California King... the Wyoming King and Alaskan King.
v1G6L TIL Saint Patrick's color was blue, not green. St. Patrick's blue, can be seen on ancient Irish flags & was used on armbands & flags by the Irish Citizen Army up until the 1798 Irish Rebellion. This is when the clover & the color green taken from Irelands lush fields became symbol's for Ireland.
dD6mK TIL OSSINEKE — Most people familiar with Ossineke know of the giant Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues in town. Few know of the funeral given to more than 40,000 frozen pizzas 45 years ago at a nearby farm.