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TIL US diplomat Larry Lawrence fabricated his military records in order to qualify for burial at Arlington Cemetery in 1997. After the deception came to light years later, his body was disinterred in an unprecedented move in the history of the cemetery.

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p8V6O TIL that during the Middle Ages period, male physicians discredited their female counterparts who practiced medicine as being incompetent and dangerous. The civil leaders and the clerics branded such women as witches.
PYWoE TIL in 1813 the U.S. captured & plundered Toronto - then known as York. This was the reason the British invaded & burned down the White House in 1814.
4koPg TIL that out of some 50 sovereign Island countries. Only 3 are connected to neighbouring country. Bahrain to Saudi Arabia, UK to France, Singapore to Malaysia.
4X0Xa TIL about the “Great Compression”, a period after WWII where economic inequality decreased and economic prosperity increased in the US.
J184 TIL that a man who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination as a young boy lived long enough to be on a game show in 1956