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TIL - Young Boris Yeltsin lost two fingers smacking a stolen hand grenade with a hammer

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4XgVR TIL that Mr. Rogers responded to every fan letter he received. He would wake up 5 every morning, pray, and begin answering letters as part of his daily routine. Many children wrote to him about their personal issues, such as family members dying. He received between 50 and 100 letters every day.
BrDZy TIL that the fashion designer Hugo Boss was an early member of the nazi party from 1931,2 years before hitler came to power. His company produced uniforms for the SS, SA and Hitler Youth and used forced labour from Polish and French prisoners-of-war.
4kaR TIL that suicide rates aren’t highest among teens or young adults, but the elderly in their seventies/eighties
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