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TIL There hasn’t been a president with a beard in 103 years
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TIL: Thomas Jefferson studied the Koran and argued that Muslims (as well as Catholics and Jews) should have equal rights in America
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Today I learned Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins is a sports guy. Never would have thought that. He talks the talk, so...
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TIL that on their way to an expected easy victory in Greece, the Persians brought a block of marble along to make a victory memorial. After their defeat at Marathon, the marble was used for a statue of Nemesis, the goddess of divine justice who strikes down those who suffer from hubris and pride.
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TIL that during the French Revolution the bodies of over 100 French royals were exhumed and tipped into mass graves. Parts of them were also seized; one man took "Dagobert’s jaw, a section of Saint Louis’ skull, the teeth of Henry III, Philippe Auguste’s hair and the leg of Catherine de' Medici".
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TIL a family of 12 Jewish Dwarfs Entered and Survived Auschwitz