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TIL Hitlers nephew William Patrick Hitler fled Germany 1939 to join the U.S. Army and fight his uncle, later recieving the “Purple Heart”

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W7yQB TIL that Hadrian renamed Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina and converted Jewish temple to temple of Jupiter which caused a Jewish revolt against Roman Empire.
weg8 TIL that the Guinness record holder for the largest meal in the world is a traditional Bedouin wedding dish: a whole camel, stuffed with a whole lamb, stuffed with chickens, stuffed with fish, stuffed with eggs.
wLW0J TIL that the state of Vermont not only takes its nickname ("The Green Mountain State") from the Green Mountains, it is named after them. The French words Verts and Monts are literally translated as "Green Mountains".
R5New TIL the cast and crew on the film Titanic were drugged after eating clam chowder laced with PCP.
9Y586 TIL According to one analysis of military veterans in the Uk, 50,000 are coping with mental health conditions, 10,000 are in prison, on parole or on probation and 6,000 have no permanent address.