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TIL that there is a Patron Saint of the Internet

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X0PKQ TIL that foie gras was originally widely known as a Jewish food and is thought by some to have been brought to Europe by Judeans
MLX0 TIL: For over a decade Sen. John McCain has been trying to get a presidential posthumous pardon for black boxer Jack Johnson, who in 1912 was imprisoned for transporting a white girlfriend across state lines.
1aMD4 TIL: ANZAC day, April 25, is a national day of remembrance commemorated by 2 nations, Australia and New Zealand, that broadly commemorates all who have served & died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping. the date is the anniversary of the ill fated invasion of Gallipoli, Turkey in WW1
RNXa TIL the Navajo Native Americans called Hitler “he who smells his mustache”
4kX6o TIL about the HMS Dreadnought. The only ship ever to sink a submarine by ramming into it.