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TIL Forgotten Nazi camp on British soil revealed by archaeologists

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16DBr TIL of Phryne(meaning "toad") an ancient greek escort who became obscenely rich. After Alexander the Great destroyed her native Thebes she offered to rebuild the city walls at her own expense under one stipulation: a sign on the wall reading "Destroyed by Alexander-rebuild by Phryne the courtesan"
0jwR TIL that eugenics, a movement that led to the murder of millions in WWII, was practiced in the United States many years before eugenics programs in Nazi Germany, which were largely inspired by the previous American work.
Gln1 TIL there is a huge military training complex in California that consists of 11 fake towns, real iraqi civilians, oh and it allows spectators.
Wkpnd TIL that Texas still has a mutual combat law. This means that duelling is still legal according the Texas penal code. The law states that any two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat through a signed, verbal or implied communication and have at it (fists only, however).
mxQ5Y TIL President Ulysses S Grant's birth name was "Hirum Ulysses", but when a family friend mistakenly submitted his name to West Point as "US Grant" he became Ulysses S Grant. West Point would not allow any correction to his application.