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TIL about Derek Black, son of former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black and Godson of David Duke. Derek; the host of a white nationalist radio show and heir-apparent leader of the “white nationalists” publicly renounced his beliefs and broke all ties with the group in 2012 - at the age of 23.

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b6o7a TIL of Félix Faure, a French President who died while receiving a blowjob. A ship named after him also went down.
p7xQ TIL in 525 BC, in the battle of Pelusium the Persians brought cats with them when attacking Egypt, some of them using the cats as shields. Knowing that its forbidden to harm a cat in Egypt. The Egyptions afraid of hurting the cats surrendered to the Persians
kJkdB TIL Sir Admiral "Blinker" Hall became the UK's Director of Naval Intelligence—a desk job—and played an outsize role in getting the United States into World War I because commanding ships made him seasick.
wLlo TIL MP’s can’t resign from the House of Commons, they have to become Steward of a sunken mansion instead
4XYwb TIL of "Millionaire Secretaries", those who started with early fledgling internet companies and were usually given stock options in lieu of higher salaries, often leading to riches after IPOs. Dozens of companies boasted such secretaries in the late 1990s.