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TIL every year Warsaw stands still to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising

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XbyP TIL that Kenya’s national motto is “Harambee,” a Kiswahili phrase that can be translated as “let us all pull together”
6WNw TIL John Lennon beat both his wives, possibly other women, and physically and emotionally abused his son
pYvOe TIL “Just Desserts” is a pun. The original phrase, “Just Deserts”, describes not desert climates but “moral deserts”—or, things which one morally deserves. “Desert” and “Deserve” share an old French root, but the word “desert” is very rarely used in this form in modern day.
Erkx TIL Records show that 50,000 American soldiers deserted in the European theater during World War II
VMZZk TIL The infamous Shirts against the Blouses basketball game in Chappelle’s Show actually happened and Prince was as good as Charlie Murphy says he was. Prince also had blueberry pancakes served after the game.