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TIL Winston Churchill despised Gandhi and when he tried to hunger strike Churchill was in favor of letting him die

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nW9xB TIL in 1997 Packers player Reggie White starred in a movie with Pat Morita called Reggie's Prayer about a retired football player who never won a Super Bowl. Cameos include Brett Favre, Mike Holmgren, The Big Show, and MC Hammer. The Packers won the Super Bowl two days after the movie's release.
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