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TIL Grover Cleveland placed his first (illegitimate) child into an orphanage and had the baby's mother committed to an insane asylum in order to cover up the scandal.

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0wZ7p TIL of the Vandals, a large East Germanic tribe originating from Poland and who, fleeing from the Huns, gradually migrated to Roman territories during the fifth century. They conquered Spain and most of Northern Africa and eventually sacked and looted Rome. The word "vandalism" is named after them.
OGVPR TIL Until the year 2000, the State of Virginia celebrated Lee-Jackson-King day, lumping two Confederate leaders in with Dr. Martin Luther King.
YR8B TIL that Henry Ford loved Hitler and received the Nazi regime’s highest medal for a foreigner
lRoB TIL football player Mardy Gilyard was kicked out of the University of Cincinnati and owed the school $10,000. He then worked 4 jobs simultaneously and slept in his car just to get back into school, eventually becoming the leading wide receiver in UC history.
16VMW TIL Although different in stature and build and created earlier than the famed Egyptian pyramids, Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt. There are around 2000 Kushite pyramids in upper Sudan, compared with 200 Egyptian pyramids.