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TIL that the first sex symbol of Hollywood was a Japanese actor named Sessue Hayakawa

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yV5de Today I learned that when the US State Department or US military evacuates US citizens from a crisis zone, the evacuees sign a promissory note to repay the US government for the cost of their evacuation.
Zp7pD TIL that scholars believe the first act that set Genghis Khan on the path of becoming a conqueror & creating the Mongol Empire was rescuing his wife Börte from a rival tribe that had kidnapped her
xjZk TIL that Hitler tore up the German constitution after he declared the burning of the Reichstag as a terrorist operation that allowed him to kill his enemies, wage war and is widely seen as a false flag operation.
Br9By TIL The Great Coffee - Sugar War ( 1897 -1903) was fought between 'Coffee King' (John Arbuckle) and 'Sugar King' (Henry Osborne Havemeyer). The Price War was eventually won by John Arbuckle although the 'legal fees' alone cost each party millions of Dollars (not adjusting for inflation)
W7JrB TIL 18 year old Milton Olive III saved the lives of 4 soldiers by grabbing a grenade that was thrown in their midst and falling on it to absorb the blast with his body. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, he was the first African American recipient from the Vietnam War.