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TIL that there are color pictures of Hitler’s 50th birthday.

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5YLm9 TIL Harriet Tubman joined the Union army as a nurse, but also acted as a scout and spy behind enemy lines during the war. Despite her efforts and general fame, she was only able to acquire a nurse’s pension after the war ended.
kOK1 TIL J.P. Morgan’s big break started in the Civil War by buying 5,000 defective rifles (shot off troops thumbs) from the US Army Arsenal for $3.50 ea. and then selling them back to a general in the field for $22 ea. He then escaped service from the war by paying $300 for a substitute.
LQx89 TIL that the historic London Bridge was dismantled and relocated to Lake Havasu City, Arizona in the 1960s
ExdW TIL Only 4% of Irish people have red hair
M44V TIL the Indian government has issued cattle ID cards of cows in West Bengal to stop smuggling of cows to Bangladesh. Each cattle ID card has the picture of the animal & the owner with information such as its color,height,sex and length of horns and details-like “one horn missing” or “half tail lost”