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TIL that Earth Day co-founder beaten, killed, and composted girlfriend when she threatened to leave him

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QlPa TIL in 2002 the US military conducted an elaborate $250mil war game against a retired USMC Lt Gen who employed unconventional tactics like motorcycle messengers and suicide bombers, inflicting “the worst naval disaster since Pearl Harbor” and resulted in the exercise being restarted with a handicap.
P1n0Z TIL that Vincent van Gogh was so in love with his widowed cousin that he held his hand in the flame of a lamp in front of his uncle while saying to him: "Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame."
9wbZr TIL That it is illegal in Japan to try and name a child Akuma
e8VD TIL The original version of the American Pledge of Allegiance did not include the line “[…] one Nation, under God[…]”, which was added in 1954.
xVxNb TIL the strategy where a gambler doubles the bet after every loss, so that the first win would recover all previous losses plus win a profit equal to the original stake is called the Martingale System.