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TIL There are no more WWI veterans left

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okoY TIL that during the Cold War, Chairman Mao held meetings in his swimming pool to embarrass Nikola Khrushchev, who had to wear a floatie as he couldn’t swim. Khrushchev felt insulted and the incident furthered the deterioration of relations between the Soviet Union and China.
7B6b TIL that 43% of Americans want to criminalize playing in a park alone for children 12 and younger.
E109X TIL that when the Incas first saw horses brought over by the Spanish in the 1530s they described them as "Large Llamas with Silver Shoes"
GAVlN Today I learned That FES from that 70;s show ( Fez) stands for Foreign Exchange Student, and isnt his name, as his friends say its unpronounceable.
D1LNg TIL that Lance Henriksen best known for playing Bishop Weyland in the Alien franchise has only a 1st grade formal education. Joined the US Navy at just 15 years old.