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TIL Theodore Roosevelt Jr was the oldest man in the D-Day invasion at 56. Initially denied to attend D-Day, Ted petitioned as he personally knew the men of these units and believed his presence would steady them. Despite arthritis and a heart condition, he stormed the beach with a cane and survived.

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RJ58 TIL Hunter S. Thompson pranked Jack Nicholson on his birthday by shining a spotlight on his house, blasting a recording of a pig being eaten alive by bears, firing his pistol, and leaving an elk’s heart at the front door, while Nicholson and his two daughters hid in the basement.
YpxAZ TIL In 1964 Hildegarde Trabant became the fifthtieth person (and one of eight women) to be killed at the Berlin Wall. A member of the Communist Party and married to a member of the police force, she was reportedly fleeing an abusive marriage when she was killed at the age of 37.
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