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Til that during Vietnam soldiers often grafitied their helmets as a form of indivual expression or protest. "Born to Kill" "War is Hell" and many other phrases were often overlooked by officers even though they were against military code of conduct and dress code.

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KO5xQ TIL: The Byzantines themselves never stopped calling themselves Romans till the very fall of the empire. After the crowning of Charlemagne as emperor in 800, they were keen on viewing Byzantium as a Greek empire. But they s felt rather angry when they were called Greeks and not Roman.
lJO7 TIL Rugrats is filled with Doctor Who easter eggs, and It is speculated that Tommy is based on The Doctor. (Think Screwdriver)
9gpX TIL: Martin Luther King Jr’s son met James Earl Ray asking him, “I just want to ask you, for the record, um, did you kill my father?” Ray replied, “No-no I didn’t,” and King tells Ray that he, along with the King family, believed him; the King family urged that Ray be granted a new trial.
Me0AB TIL Tori Amos, at age 2, could reproduce pieces of music on piano she had only heard once. At 3 years old, she was composing her own songs on piano. She has described seeing music as structures of light since early childhood, an experience consistent with chromesthesia.
n7VG TIL that Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was struck by lightning seven times in his career, but ended up shooting himself at age 71