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TIL Effiel tower has names of seventy-two French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians engraved in recognition of their contributions around its sides

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LkYpm TIL that four people were targets for assassination the night that Lincoln was killed. John Wilkes Booth was the only one who succeeded.
W7eeY TIL that the United States Air Force along with the UN carpet bombed Korea for years, specifically targeting civilian structures, and destroyed ~85 percent of all buildings. It is estimated that 20 percent of the entire (north and south) population died as a result of the war.
e05vn TIL the “Smokey the Bear” hat was popularized by Buffalo Soldiers who went on to be National Park Rangers
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loLXB TIL of Amedeo Guillet, an Italian WWII officer who led the last-ever cavalry charge against the British Army and won. The last cavalry commander in history, he died in 2010 at the age of 101.