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54P9 TIL The man standing behind George Washington and holding the American flag in the famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” is 18-year-old officer and future president James Monroe.
LQ5Wp TIL of a woman who birthed 69 children. She had 27 pregnancies, resulting in about 20 years of pregnancy.
Rm0j TIL “got milk?” ads were originally translated to Spanish as “are you lactating?”
pY4xp TIL that chickens are sometimes cannibals.
GYj5N TIL Kurt Knispel (served Nazi Germany during WW2), the highest scoring tank ace of WW2 with 168 confirmed tank kills was never awarded the coveted Knight's Cross because he assaulted higher officers for mistreating POWs and let others take credit for his kills among other things.