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TIL that Camp David is named after the grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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JYdY8 TIL There is a conspiracy theory, in Pakistan, that Malala Yousafzai was a spy for the US/CIA and they, along with her father, orchestrated the attempted murder. Bonus fact, supposedly Robert de Niro was the shooter and disguised as an Uzbek Homeopathic doctor.
yQoRp TIL of a couple who willed ~$900k to the U.S. government, believed to be a "thank you" for the freedoms of living in the U.S. after escaping Nazi-controlled territory in WWII
d8OE7 TIL Torakusa Yamaha founded Yamaha in 1887 due to his obsession with western technology and science. After successfully fixing a school’s reed organ, he realized the business opportunity of instrument brand, since at the time there were no Japanese makers of Western instruments
G7VJ TIL Pirates were among the first groups to institute democratic governance, including election of captains.
dDa9j TIL General Robert E. Lee was pardoned for treason by President Gerald R. Ford