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TIL George Washington was known as "town destroyer" and "burner of towns" among Native Americans

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9rap TIL: headlines that end with a question mark can be answered no: Betteridge’s Law. Any headline with a question mark is usually a BS story.
0wdjM TIL the ampersand (&) is actually “and per se and”, and the character itself originated from the latin word et (and) turned into a single figure
N7vmQ TIL that although being a famous runaway wedding destination the Scottish town of Gretna Green has the dubious honour of holding the worst rail disaster in British History. With the precise death toll never established (but believed to be 226) those killed were mainly heading for Gallipoli.
ep57D TIL Upon enlisting in any of the United States Armed Forces, each person is federally required by law to take an oath to both the Consitution and the UCMJ, the latter of which includes a duty to disobey unlawful orders.
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