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TIL: Frederick Trump, Grandfather of Donald John Trump, had not yet served the mandatory military duty of two years in the Kingdom of Bavaria, fled to the United States and his emigration was illegal.

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78GbO Today I learned how to say the sweet popping up in all the trendy bakeries: Kouign-amann (Queen a mon)
WkAJo TIL that Columbia was the female personification of the United States up until she was replaced by the Statue of Liberty
OooaL TIL about Patrick the Wombat. He was the world’s oldest wombat at 32 years, and died a virgin. He had a Tinder profile and rode around in a wheelbarrow.
wMX1 TIL the flag of Nepal is so complicated that there is a 24-step instruction how to draw it in the constitution of Nepal
Vr80 TIL in 2003 a teen with cancer died because his naturopathic Dr assured his parents he will cure his cancer with photo luminescence: taking a vial of blood from him, exposing it to ultraviolet light from a device, injecting the treated blood back in a hydrogen-peroxide solution. He died 9 days later