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TIL - Napoleon’s last direct descendant died in 1945 after he tripped over the leash of the dog he was walking and broke his neck - Jerome-Napoleon Charles Bonaparte

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NGve TIL that sunglasses were originally prescribed to patients with syphilis to help with light sensitivity
pwbA TIL: That in 1933, former President George W. Bush’s Grandfather; Prescott Bush led a group of wealthy industrialists in a campaign to topple the US Gov’t. during the FDR Administration and install a Fascist Dictatorship.
nW6yP TIL that in fashion, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day when it was acceptable to wear white or seersucker. The tradition lies with the migration of wealthy 19th century New Yorkers back from their summer-home Newport Mansions and the accompanying change back from summer clothes.
GYQ8G TIL Basic human emotions such as happiness, sadness, Anger, fear and surprise are embedded in our instinct (as default settings) BUT the only emotion that we acquire by learning is Disgust. That is why some foods seem normal in some cultures but considered disgusting in others.
DQp8D TIL that the Kingdom of Kongo was one of the longest lived in history, lasting in some way or another from c. 1390 to 1914 - about as much as the Western Roman Empire