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TIL In the 1800's Germans Distorted Hindu & Buddhist Ideas Which Led to Nazism

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W7xMY TIL in 2015 Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with brain cancer - In 2019 he broke his hip at age 95 - During that same year he fell at home requiring 14 stitches - Despite his injuries he showed up the next day to help build houses for Habitat for Humanity - At age 98 he still remained an active volunteer
78OwO TIL: The US State Department has a “Dissent Channel” that provides diplomats and other officials a way to formally criticize policy decisions and that it was only established in 1971
x61QB TIL Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) first started painting when he was in his late twenties. It was only at the age of 27 in 1880 that he began attending art school. Most of his paintings date to just the last two years of his life.
4XnMN TIL Captain Robert Knox (1641 – 1720) of British East India Company was imprisoned for 20 years in the south asian island of Ceylon. Upon his escape he bought back a "strange intoxicating herb" unheard of in Europe. The herb is known today as Cannabis Indica.
5Q6Q TIL The man who assassinated the founder of the American Nazi Party was sentenced to the least amount of years possible for murder, and was paroled after 4 years served after the presiding judge wrote a letter of support, the only time he did so in his entire career.