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TIL that Dan Daly awardee of the Medal of Honor twice quoted the famous saying “Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?” was to his Company during a charge at Battle of Belleau Wood in WW1

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PYbEO TIL after oil was discovered on their homelands, 60 or more wealthy, full-blood Osage native Americans were killed from 1918 to 1931. The murders appear to have been committed by people intent on taking over their great wealth, whose land was producing valuable oil, and had annual royalties.
x6851 TIL of Burger King's "A Day Without Whopper" in Argentina. On November 10, 2017, Burger Kings in Argentina did not sell the Whopper and told customers who wanted one to buy a Big Mac at McDonald's instead, because McDonald's was donating the Big Mac proceeds that day to help children with cancer.
kJek7 TIL of Variety Children's Charity. It was founded by a group of men in show business who found a baby on the steps of a movie theater. After raising money for her they raised money for poor kids. Later on two members founded The Jimmy Fund a pediatric cancer charity that fundraised in movie theaters
W5Od TIL that during the Yule, one of the festivals which Christmas originated from, the Norse god Odin is believed to lead a ghostly procession called the Wild Hunt across the night sky, and undead draugar will rise and walk the earth.
9YKKm TIL of Jia Jiang, a startup founder who set out to overcome his fear of rejection in "100 Days of Rejection." He forced himself to ask strangers for favors with high risk of a "no" such as: Ask to borrow $100; ask for a free "burger refill" at a restaurant. His odd requests sometimes got a "yes."