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TIL that Ulysses S Grant thought that the Mexican American War was one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation.

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1aMk8 TIL of HMS Zulu and HMS Nubian, two partially damaged Royal Navy destroyers which, rather than scrapping both, were combined to make HMS Zubian.
6E8Gm TIL The reason Christmas is sometimes abbreviated to "X-mas" is because the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Χριστός), which became Christ in English. The suffix -mas is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass.
woGjM TIL about Kursi Nashin, a certificate that was given to Indians by the British government from 1887 till India's independence. During the British rule, Indians were not allowed to sit on a chair in any government office. Only those who earned this certificate were allowed to sit on a chair.
nWrmr TIL that the first US nuclear reactor is buried outside of Chicago.
Lkxxd TIL that March 16 is a national holiday in Latvia celebrating Latvians who served in the Nazi Waffen-SS during World War II