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TIL That Memorial Day is meant to honor those who died, not those who served and are still alive.

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PxGn TIL In his late 70’s and until he died, Gandhi slept with two naked 18 year old girls. One was his grandniece.
ymwa TIL that Gen. George S. Patton believed in reincarnation, and believed himself to have been a military leader killed in action in Napoleon’s army, or a Roman legionary
e0bGk TIL that the Australian Prime Minister who drowned at sea has a swimming centre named after him.
16a9d TIL Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, empowered his imperial princes because he blamed the weakening of imperial princes for the preceding Wei Dynasty’s fall. Ironically, this led to the destabilization of his own dynasty and forced their retreat south of the Huai river
oR4Qr TIL When Kangaroos are born they are the size of a jelly bean and almost look like worms then they crawl up the mom's belly into the pouch for the rest of their development into what we think of as baby kangaroos