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TIL: Never underestimate the wisdom of 50 year old dudes with military experience.

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69bEJ TIL A latin teacher incited 3 of his students to assassinate the cruel Duke of Milan, an act they've been groomed for since childhood. Instead of being hailed as heroes, one was killed by the crowd, and one killed by a guard after he run towards a group of women and got tangled in their clothing
0wbpN TIL Ethiopia uses a 13-month calendar and is between 7 and 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar used in the rest of world. New Years is either on August 29 or August 30.
XEQdk TIL Borat never actually filmed in a village in Kazakhstan, the village was actually in Romania, and the villagers were angry when they found out Borat had duped them after they were shown the film by visitors
joBj TIL: The place where Hitler started the Nazi party is now an Apple shop
NXG4N Til that in response to Buffy Sainte-Marie's anti-war song "The Universal Soldier", Jan Berry of Jan and Dean released "The Universal Coward", his critique of anti-war protestors. Dean Torrence objected to the song and refused to sing on it.