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TIL Dr. Deborah Birx achieved the rank of Colonel in the military

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Ypd6r TIL that Broccoli and Cauliflower are man-made and never existed naturally, but were rather bred from wild mustard.
8eJ0V TIL Levitt & Sons was an industry leader in building mass-production housing. They sold for $90M in 1964 but filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2007.
Oo7Xa TIL according to a 2011 lawsuit the premise of the movie Sister Act was stolen from a nun’s 1987 autobiography detailing a real life similar situation.
OGMEX TIL During the Second World War the Dutch Resistance and victims of the occupation were funneled 83 million guilders (equivalent to 450 million Euros 2021) by Gijs van Hall. Hall was a Resistance member and bank official who wrote millions in fraudulent loans to aid the Dutch people.
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