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TIL of Joe Angelo who saved George S. Patton’s life in WW1, went broke during the Depression, joined the Bonus Army Protests of 1932 where he encountered Patton commanding troops to quell the protests. He approached Patton to sway him, Patton pretended to not know who he was and had him removed.

69pX TIL the Black Market is the world’s 2nd largest and fastest growing economy
56Wk TIL “flushable wipes” should not be flushed down the toilet
grn4 TIL Emperor Caligula would chew his victims testicles as a form of torture.
kOO55 TIL that in the 1920s, Joseph Stalin wanted to rebuild the Red Army by creating super-soldiers by "crossing humans with apes"
e09n4 TIL: At 14:00 today, the barbeque starts.