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TIL Motown founder Berry Gordy is a second cousin to former President Jimmy Carter

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4rmw TIL that a priest on the Titanic refused to board a life boat twice, and instead stayed behind to hear confessions and give absolution to the people left on the ship.
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OpZg TIL the University of Texas sniper, Charles Whitman, who killed 15 people from a tower in 1966, sought psychiatric help on multiple occasions in the months before his murder spree. He asked in a note that his brain be examined after his death to find what was wrong. A brain tumor was indeed found.
Ow5L TIL that five days after Hitler committed suicide, German and American troops fought side by side to defend Itter Castle against Himmler’s SS.
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