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57Ok TIL that after Haiti’s independence in 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, self-proclaimed Emperor of Haiti, ordered and carried out a massacre of the entire remaining French population of the island, numbering 3000-5000 people of all ages and gender.
XEYaj TIL Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz ("enormous tits"), holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts. By American bra estimation, her measurements would put her in a 48V bra.
8a4dV TIL that the unopened Fed Ex box in the movie "Castaway" may have contained a water proof, solar powered satellite phone
4kyE6 TIL that Max Planck, the father of quantum theory, lost his son, Karl Planck, in 1916 during World War I. Karl, who was serving as a lieutenant in the German army, was killed in the Battle of Verdun by French forces.
ZpaVB TIL Bush and Reagan argued for open borders with Mexico. Reagan scoffed at the idea of a wall.