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TIL The only US Marine Translator during the UN mission in Somalia was actually the son and successor to the enemy general Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

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kOr15 TIL that the moon is egg shaped. It appears to be a perfect circle because the gravitational force of the earth almost permanently has the tip of the moon pointed at it.
AD5Xw TIL that out of the 36 United States presidents who ever had biological children, 19 lost a child in infancy or early childhood. The list includes George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and John F. Kennedy.
EgoY0 TIL that despite the popular belief that the USSR possesed hundreds of ICBMs and was winning the arms race, in reality they possesed only four by 1961.
V1RD TIL a golfer was killed by his own club he threw in frustration. It bounced back and pierced his heart.
X0mQr TIL New Hampshire's Mount Washington is one of the most deadly hikes in the world.