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TIL George Washington with His Half-Brother Lawrence Visited Barbados in 1751, While There, Both Caught Smallpox

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KYdaa TIL The University of Zurich has a wax museum of diseased body parts. Models date from the 19th century and depict all sorts of skin diseases, skin cancer, sexually transmitted diseases used for teaching and educating the public
oRkMo TIL that the last US soldier, Master Sgt. Max Beilke, to leave Vietnam was killed in the 9/11 Attacks when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
JR91 TIL that Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA because in her last days, his dying mother made him promise to graduate college with a degree.
VMymk TIL Isabel Ingram was an American tutor to Wanrong, the Empress Consort of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China. From age 20, she lived in the Forbidden City, where she taught Wanrong the speech, modes, and manners of the West. The two also tried to look like one another and traded clothes
NXbDE TIL that in the Kenyan island of Pate, there is a village in which the entire population is descended from medieval Chinese sailors. The story is that when Chinese merchants came to the island to trade with the locals, they ended up running aground. They then decided to settle and marry local women