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TIL that Gandhi’s great-grandson lives in Topeka, KS, is a retired heart surgeon, and was recently elected to the state house of representatives (as a Republican)

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KYrJ9 TIL in 1906 con man Wilhelm Voigt posed as a Prussian military officer and took a group of troops by train to the town of Köpenick, arresting the mayor and stealing 4000 German marks. He was viewed as a folk hero and the Kaiser later pardoned him. A statue of him stands outside the city hall.
nKyo TIL of 52 Hertz, the “Loneliest Whale in the World”, he sings and travels alone.
XEJrE TIL Los Angeles’s private golf courses effectively receive a public subsidy of $89.8 million in taxes” paying only $200,00 in property taxes without granting the public access to the land. LA ranks bottom of the list in terms of public parks against all major metropolitan cities in America.
69dpX TIL of a former taxi driver turned billionaire who purchased a $170 million painting with his American Express card, earning enough reward points for a lifetime of first-class travel for his family.
7ro8P TIL famed 'The Great Gatsby' Author F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton to join the Army, where he was trained by Dwight D. Eisenhower almost 30 years before he led the allied powers to victory in WWII. Fitzgerald reportedly 'intensely disliked' Eisenhower.